4x4 (Carla Bley album)

4 x 4
4 x 4
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	2000
Recorded	July 1999
Genre	Jazz
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology

4 x 4 is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in Oslo in 1999 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2000.^[1]^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars and stated "This batch of compositions is informed by Bley's distinctive brand of tongue-in-cheek playfulness... While the entire eight-piece band is consistently a pleasure, some of the album's most appealing moments occur during several Bley/Swallow duet passages. The two have been performing and recording as a duo for many years, so in a certain sense the whole band seems to revolve around them".^[3] The JazzTimes review by Aaron Steinberg said "Between gigs, the ruddy and no doubt road weary outfit took a time-out in Oslo to record 4 x 4. Bley and the band sound happy to have the time to themselves, and they mostly take it easy on light-hearted tunes with fun but simple arrangements".^[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3+1⁄2 stars stating "with music as impressive and as ambitious as this, who's complaining? "^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[5]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Carla Bley

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blues in 12 Bars / Blues in 12 Other Bars"	14:32
2.	"Sidewinders in Paradise"	8:36
3.	"Les Trois Lagons (d'apres Henri Matisse): Plate XVII/Plate XVIII/Plate XIX"	15:37
4.	"Baseball"	7:48
5.	"Útviklingssang"	9:18