Dinner Music Explained

Dinner Music
Type:	Album
Artist:	Carla Bley
Cover:	Dinner Music.jpg
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
Chronology:	Carla Bley
Prev Title:	Tropic Appetites
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	European Tour 1977
Next Year:	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 stated: "First excursion on a funky trail, executed immaculately. Near essential".^[3]

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/CarlaBley/DinnerMusic_x.html Carla Bley discography
2. http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography
3. Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135550|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed July 23, 2010