| Dinner Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[5] | 
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( | 
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
 - 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed July 23, 2010
 - 1 2 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.
 
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