European Tour 1977 Explained

European Tour 1977
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Carla Bley Band
Cover:	European Tour 1977.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	September 1977
Studio:	Bavaria Musik Studios Munich, Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:30
Label:	Watt/ECM
Producer:	Carla Bley
Chronology:	Carla Bley
Prev Title:	Dinner Music
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Musique Mecanique
Next Year:	1978

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

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.^[4] The Milwaukee Journal considered it "among the funniest jazz albums ever made."^[5] 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."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

1. "Rose and Sad Song" - 11:11
2. "Wrong Key Donkey" - 7:52
3. "Drinking Music" - 4:26
4. "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

Notes and References

1. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/CarlaBley/EuropeanTour1977_x.html Carla Bley discography
2. http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135553|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed July 23, 2010
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 130.
5. News: Carla Bley and Michael Mantler . The Milwaukee Journal . 3 June 1990 . E7.
6. Macnie . Jim . Carla Bley's career has Legs . Billboard . Jun 29, 1996 . 108 . 26 . 1.