Dinner Music

Dinner Music
Dinner Music
Studio album by Carla Bley
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

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

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

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.

"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
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Bley_discography-1] Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010

[2] ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed July 23, 2010

[4] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[Hull-5] Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[Penguin_Guide-6] 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.

[RSJRG-7] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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