Dinner Music
Dinner Music | ||||
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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 | |||
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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[]
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "First excursion on a funky trail, executed immaculately. Near essential".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[5] |
Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull | B+ (![]() ![]() |
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
- - 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
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed July 23, 2010
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Categories:
- ECM Records albums
- Carla Bley albums
- 1977 albums