Dinner Music
1977 studio album by Carla Bley
Dinner Music | ||||
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Studio album by Carla Bley | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | July–September 1976 | |||
Studio | Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 48:09 | |||
Label | Watt/ECM | |||
Producer | Carla Bley and George James | |||
Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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Dinner Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded in 1976 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1977.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[4] |
Tom Hull | B+ ()[5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [7] |
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "First excursion on a funky trail, executed immaculately. Near essential".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.
- "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" – 7:43
- "Dreams So Real" – 5:36
- "Ad Infinitum" – 5:54
- "Dining Alone" (lyrics by Bley & John Hunt) – 4:36
- "Song Sung Long" – 6:02
- "Ida Lupino" – 7:57
- "Funnybird Song" – 3:05
- "A New Hymn" – 7:25
Personnel
- Carla Bley – organ, piano, tenor saxophone, vocals
- Michael Mantler – trumpet
- Carlos Ward – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Bob Stewart – tuba
- Richard Tee – piano, electric piano
- Cornell Dupree (tracks 1 & 7), Eric Gale, (tracks 2, 4 & 6) – guitar
- Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
- Steve Gadd – drums
References
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed July 23, 2010
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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leader
- Tropic Appetites (1974)
- Dinner Music (1977)
- European Tour 1977 (1978)
- Musique Mecanique (1979)
- Social Studies (1981)
- Live! (1982)
- I Hate to Sing (1984)
- Heavy Heart (1984)
- Sextet (1987)
- Fleur Carnivore (1989)
- The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991)
- Big Band Theory (1993)
- Songs with Legs (1994)
- The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996)
- Fancy Chamber Music (1998)
- 4 x 4 (2000)
- Looking for America (2003)
- The Lost Chords (2004)
- The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007)
- Appearing Nightly (2008)
- Carla's Christmas Carols (2009)
- Trios (2013)
- Andando el Tiempo (2016)
- Life Goes On (2020)
Burton
- A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
Composer's
Orchestra
- The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968)
- Escalator over the Hill (1968-71)
- Relativity Suite (1973)
Mantler
- Jazz Realities (1966)
Haden
- Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
- The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
- Dream Keeper (1990)
- Not in Our Name (2005)
Mason
Swallow
- Night-Glo (1985)
- Duets (1988)
- Go Together (1992)
- Are We There Yet? (1999)