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Produced by Michael Mantler, also Preview (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra), Communications #10 (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra) and Communications #11, Part 1 (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra)
Released on JCOA Records, also Preview (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra), Communications #10 (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra) and Communications #11, Part 1 (The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra)
Part of Escalator Over the Hill, also Rawalpindi Blues
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Carla Bley wrote 107 songs on fono
Michael Mantler produced 14 songs on fono
Michael Mantler’s most frequent co-producer is Carla Bley (6 songs together)
Carla Bley first appears on fono in 1961, 10 years before this song
Credits
All 20 credits
- Written by
- Carla Bley and Paul Haines
- Produced by
- Michael Mantler
- Performed by
- Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Chris Woods, Gato Barbieri, Jack Jeffers, Jimmy Lyons, John Buckingham, John McLaughlin, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Perry Robinson, Roswell Rudd and Sharon Freeman
- Part of
- Escalator Over the Hill
- Recorded at
- Public Theatre
- Released on
- JCOA Records
- Written by
- Carla Bley and Paul Haines
- Produced by
- Michael Mantler
- Performed by
- Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Chris Woods, Gato Barbieri, Jack Jeffers, Jimmy Lyons, John Buckingham, John McLaughlin, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Perry Robinson, Roswell Rudd and Sharon Freeman
- Part of
- Escalator Over the Hill
- Recorded at
- Public Theatre
- Released on
- JCOA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Michael Mantler
PTSame release: Escalator Over the Hill
Same producer: Michael Mantler
C1Same producer: Michael Mantler
C1
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why was performed by Carla Bley
2MusicBrainz Why was performed by Charlie Haden
3MusicBrainz Why was performed by Chris Woods
4MusicBrainz Why was performed by Gato Barbieri
5MusicBrainz Why was performed by Jack Jeffers
6MusicBrainz Why was performed by Jimmy Lyons
7MusicBrainz Why was performed by John Buckingham
8MusicBrainz Why was performed by John McLaughlin
9MusicBrainz Why was performed by Linda Ronstadt
10MusicBrainz Why was performed by Michael Mantler
11MusicBrainz Why was performed by Paul Motian
12MusicBrainz Why was performed by Perry Robinson
13MusicBrainz Why was performed by Roswell Rudd
14MusicBrainz Why was performed by Sharon Freeman
15MusicBrainz Why was produced by Michael Mantler
16MusicBrainz Why was written by Carla Bley
17MusicBrainz Why was written by Paul Haines
18MusicBrainz Why is part of the release Escalator Over the Hill
Why is part of the release Escalator Over the Hill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Why was recorded at Public Theatre
20MusicBrainz JCOA Records is the label of the song Why
JCOA Records is the label of the song Why
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz Why was released on 1971