Escalator Over The Hill

A Chronotransduction by

Adaptation and Music

Carla Bley

Words

Paul Haines

Production and Coordination

Michael Mantler

for

Jazz Composers Orchestra Association

a Film by

Steve Gebhardt

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Edited by

Steve Gebhardt

Avid Editor

Tom Hayes

Offline editor

Neil Sharrow

Camera

Director of Photography

Steve Gebhardt

Additional Camera

Bob Fries

Dick Ward

Jeffrey Hewitt

Mike Mantler

Recording

November, 1970 - June, 1971

RCA Recording Studios, New York

Engineer, Ray Hall

March, 1971

Empirical Sound, at the Filmmakers Cinematheque

Engineer, Dave Jones

June, 1971

Butterfly Mobile Sound Van, at the Public Theater

Engineers: Karl Sjodahl, Bob Fries,

Nelson Weber, Wes Wickemeyer

Film Laboratory

WRS Labs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Film Transfer to Video

Post Production Services, Cincinnati, Ohio

Colorist Kevin Marck

...This Is Here

Speaker

VIVA

Phantom Music

MICHAEL MANTLER ring modulated piano, prepared piano

CARLA BLEY organs

DON PRESTON moog synthesizer

voice 

CARLA BLEY

Multiple Public Members II 

Howard Johnson

Carla Bley

Orchestra

Michael Mantler trumpet

Enrico Rava trumpet

Bob Carlisle french horn

Sharon Freeman french horn

Sam Burtis trombone

Jimmy Knepper trombone

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Don Preston moog synthesizer

Carla Bley & Michael Mantler piano

Flies, Bullfrogs, and Mindsweepers

Michael Mantler

Carla Bley

Don Preston

Like Animals

Orchestra

Roswell Rudd trombone

Michael Mantler trumpet

Sharon Freeman french horn

Sam Burtis trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

Escalator Over The Hill

Cecil Clark

Tod Papageorge

Roomer 

Bob Stewart

Opera Singer

Rosalind Hupp

Ancient Roomer 

Karen Mantler

Men

Jack Jeffers

Howard Johnson

Timothy Marquand

Tod Papageorge

Bob Stewart

Hotel People

Jane Blackstone

Sharon Freeman

Rosalind Hupp

Jack Jeffers

Howard Johnson

Sheila Jordan

Timothy Marquand

Nancy Newton

Tod Papageorge

Phyllis Schneider

Bob Stewart

Pat Stewart

Orchestra

Sam Burtis trombone

Jimmy Knepper trombone

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

Carla Bley piano

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

Hotel Lobby Band

PERRY ROBINSON clarinet

NANCY NEWTON viola

Michael Mantler trumpet

Bob Carlisle french horn

Sharon Freeman french horn

Sam Burtis trombone

Jimmy Knepper trombone

Roswell Rudd trombone

Original Amateur Hotel Band

Michael Snow trumpet

Michael Mantler valve trombone

Howard Johnson tuba

Perry Robinson clarinet

Peggy Imig tenor sax

Nancy Newton viola

Richard Youngstein bass

Carla Bley piano

Paul Motian drums

Stay Awake

Loudspeaker

ROSWELL RUDD

Narration

VIVA

Ginger and David

Used Woman

SHEILA JORDAN

Roomer

BOB STEWART

Cecil Clark

TOD PAPAGEORGE

Nurse

JANE BLACKSTONE

Leader

CARLA BLEY

Orchestra

GATO BARBIERI tenor sax

Michael Mantler trumpet

Sharon Freeman french horn

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

Businessmen

Jack I & II

JACK BRUCE

Jack's Traveling Band

JOHN McLAUGHLIN electric guitar

CARLA BLEY organ

JACK BRUCE electric bass

PAUL MOTIAN drums

Detective Writer Daughter

Jack

JACK BRUCE

Orchestra

JOHN McLAUGHLIN electric guitar

Michael Mantler trumpet

Sharon Freeman french horn

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Jimmy Lyons alto sax

Gato Barbieri tenor sax

Chris Woods baritone sax

Carla Bley piano

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

Small Town Agonist

David

PAUL JONES

Doctor

DON PRESTON

Orchestra

GATO BARBIERI tenor sax

PAUL MOTIAN drums

CARLA BLEY piano

Michael Mantler trumpet

Enrico Rava trumpet

Bob Carlisle french horn

Sharon Freeman french horn

Sam Burtis trombone

Jimmy Knepper trombone

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Over Her Head

Leader

CARLA BLEY

Men

Howard Johnson

Sam Burtis

Timothy Marquand

Tod Papageorge

Bob Stewart

Women

Jane Blackstone

Sharon Freeman

Rosalind Hupp

Sheila Jordan

Nancy Newton

Pat Stewart

Yodeling Ventriloquist

HOWARD JOHNSON

Original Amateur Hotel Band

Michael Snow trumpet

Michael Mantler valve trombone

Howard Johnson tuba

Perry Robinson clarinet

Peggy Imig tenor sax

Nancy Newton viola

Richard Youngstein bass

Carla Bley piano

Paul Motian drums

Rawalpindi Blues

Jack

JACK BRUCE

Jack's Traveling Band

JOHN McLAUGHLIN electric guitar

CARLA BLEY piano, organ

JACK BRUCE electric bass

PAUL MOTIAN drums

Desert Band

DON CHERRY trumpet, ceramic flute, percussion

LEROY JENKINS violin

CALO SCOTT cello

RON McCLURE acoustic bass

SAM BROWN acoustic guitar

SOUREN BARONIAN clarinet

CARLA BLEY organ

PAUL MOTIAN percussion

Sand Shepherd

DON CHERRY

End of Rawalpindi

Ginger II

JEANNE LEE

Jack I & II

JACK BRUCE

His Friends

STEVE FERGUSON

Jack's Traveling Band

JOHN McLAUGHLIN electric guitar

CARLA BLEY organ

JACK BRUCE electric bass

PAUL MOTIAN drums

Desert Band

DON CHERRY trumpet

LEROY JENKINS violin

CALO SCOTT cello

RON McCLURE acoustic bass

SAM BROWN acoustic guitar

SOUREN BARONIAN clarinet

CARLA BLEY organ

PAUL MOTIAN dumbec

End of Animals

Doctor

DON PRESTON

Hotel People

Jane Blackstone

Sharon Freeman

Rosalind Hupp

Jack Jeffers

Howard Johnson

Sheila Jordan

Timothy Marquand

Nancy Newton

Tod Papageorge

Bob Stewart

Pat Stewart

Orchestra

Michael Mantler trumpet

Sharon Freeman french horn

Sam Burtis trombone

Roswell Rudd trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

...And It's Again

Loudspeaker

ROSWELL RUDD

Viva

VIVA

Orchestra

ROSWELL RUDD trombone

SHARON FREEMAN french horn

Michael Mantler trumpet

Sam Burtis trombone

Jack Jeffers bass trombone

John Buckingham tuba

Charlie Haden bass

Paul Motian drums

Phantom Music

MICHAEL MANTLER ring modulated piano, prepared piano

CARLA BLEY organs

Voice I&II

CARLA BLEY

Multiple Public Members III

CARLA BLEY

Jack I&II

JACK BRUCE

Desert Women

CARLA BLEY

Mutant I&II

CARLA BLEY

Viva

VIVA

Multiple Public Members

CARLA BLEY

Jane Blackstone

Jonathan Cott

Sharon Freeman

Steve Gebhardt

Tyrus Gerlach

Eileen Hale

Rosalind Hupp

Jack Jeffers

Howard Johnson

Sheila Jordan

Michael Mantler

Timothy Marquand

Nancy Newton

Tod Papageorge

Bob Stewart

Pat Stewart

Viva

Major Funding for this production provided by

The City of Cincinnati

The Ohio Arts Council

copyright - 1999

Steve Gebhardt & Carla Bley