Dinner Music

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Dinner Music
Dinner Music.jpg
Studio album by
Carla Bley
Released1977
RecordedJuly–September 1976
StudioGrog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
GenreJazz
Length48:09
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerCarla Bley and George James
Carla Bley chronology
Tropic Appetites
(1974) 		Dinner Music
(1977) 		European Tour 1977
(1977)

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[5]
Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[6]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[7]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

  1. "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - 7:43
  2. "Dreams So Real" - 5:36
  3. "Ad Infinitum" - 5:54
  4. "Dining Alone" (lyrics by Bley & John Hunt) - 4:36
  5. "Song Sung Long" - 6:02
  6. "Ida Lupino" - 7:57
  7. "Funnybird Song" - 3:05
  8. "A New Hymn" - 7:25

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010
  2. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed July 23, 2010
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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