UnderPool 058
Lluís Vidal – Piano
David Xirgu – Drums
All music composed by Carla Bley.
Recorded 16 & 17 June 2021 UnderPool Studio.
Recorded, Mixed and Master by Sergi Felipe
Cover and Artwork Pepon Meneses.
Produced and Published UnderPool
Carla Bley Songbook is a carefully selected collection of some of the most outstanding pieces by the North American composer. The interpretations by pianist and composer Lluís Vidal and drummer David Xirgu show off all the composer’s originality, which has earned her place as a reference for 20th century contemporary jazz.
Bley’s music also serves as an ideal framework in which to appreciate the complicity of these two musicians, whose brilliant careers are essential for understanding the development of the current jazz scene.
On this album Lluís Vidal and David Xirgu show they share a language full of subtlety that avoids showiness and that obviously springs from complicity, mutual admiration, and their derp commitment to the music.
Their shared language delicately accompanies us through Carla Bley”s musical universe, leaving room to imagine what her music is like beyond the sounds and beyond this recording.