European Tour 1977
1978 studio album by The Carla Bley Band
European Tour 1977 | ||||
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Studio album by The Carla Bley Band | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | September 1977 | |||
Studio | Bavaria Musik Studios Munich, Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:30 | |||
Label | Watt/ECM | |||
Producer | Carla Bley | |||
Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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European Tour 1977 is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley. Recorded in 1977 in Munich, Germany, it was released on the Watt/ECM label in 1978.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Record Guide | A−[4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "One of Carla Bley's most rewarding recordings ... unusual, somewhat innovative and always fun music."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album three stars.[5] The Milwaukee Journal considered it "among the funniest jazz albums ever made."[6] In 1996, Billboard noted that Bley has "been steadily praised for integrating whimsy into her scores... On European Tour 1977, there was a daffy nature to the sophisticated orchestration."[7]
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley
- "Rose and Sad Song" - 11:11
- "Wrong Key Donkey" - 7:52
- "Drinking Music" - 4:26
- "Spangled Banner Minor and Other Patriotic Songs" (Including Flags, And Now The Queen, King Korn And The New National Anthem) - 19:17
Personnel
- Carla Bley – organ, tenor saxophone
- Michael Mantler - trumpet
- Elton Dean – alto saxophone
- Gary Windo – tenor saxophone
- John Clark – french horn, guitar
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Bob Stewart – tuba
- Terry Adams – piano
- Hugh Hopper – bass guitar, bass drum
- Andrew Cyrille – 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 Yanow, S. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Carla Bley and Michael Mantler". The Milwaukee Journal. 3 June 1990. p. E7.
- ^ Macnie, Jim (Jun 29, 1996). "Carla Bley's career has Legs". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 1.
- v
- t
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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)