Und hier Braufman über die Zeit bei Carla Bley – bin mal so frei und niete den Text zusammen, Quelle unten im Link, von dort auch das tolle Foto (Braufman, Gary Windo, Mike Mantler, John Clark ohne Gesicht):
Alan Braufman
I toured with the Carla Bley Band from 1977-1980. It was pretty amazing, got to play with many of my heroes i had listened to so much growing up. Roswell Rudd, Andrew Cyrille, Mike Mantler, Steve Swallow, Carla, many others. For the first tour, the band went up to Woodstock and rehearsed a week at Carla’s place. Then, we did a couple of “ warm-up“ gigs at a Woodstock club before going back to NYC for the first „real“ gig at the Bottom Line. For whatever reason, i have rarely gotten nervous playing music, no matter the situation…
So, young as i was, i had no fear, was not worried about nerves at all. So, I was feeling great as we got up on stage, just feeling happy and exited to be playing. Until we got fully on stage and they lowered the lights that were in our eyes some, enabling the band to see the audience. Looking out, i see both, Ornette and Don Cherry sitting next to each other in the front row, about 10 feet away. I immediately got to experience what being nervous on stage was!
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Es gab dann noch eine Frage zu „Musique Mécanique“ und dazu schrieb Braufman folgendes:
Alan Braufman
Musique Mechanique was a bit strange to make as Carla, for logistical reasons, decided to record it with each horn separately recording over the rhythm section. Even though the band was just back from a lengthy European tour and was „tight“, she had each player come separately to her studio in Woodstock to do the overdubs. Although , i and likely, the others in the band would have rather have gone and just played in a more natural setting, she made the record she wanted to make and, like always, was a wonderful experience working with her.
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