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 | |||
| 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
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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[5] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[7] |
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
- ^ 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.
