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Dinner Music

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Dinner Music
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedJuly–September 1976
StudioGrog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
GenreJazz
Length48:09
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerCarla Bley and George James
Carla Bley chronology
Tropic Appetites
(1974)
Dinner Music
(1977)
European Tour 1977
(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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[4]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010
  2. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  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.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.