European Tour 1977

European Tour 1977
Studio album by The Carla Bley Band
Released	1978
Recorded	September 1977
Studio	Bavaria Musik Studios Munich, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:30
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
Dinner Music (1976) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	A− [4]
DownBeat	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[6]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "One of Carla Bley's most rewarding recordings ... unusual, somewhat innovative and always fun music." ^[3] The Milwaukee Journal considered it "among the funniest jazz albums ever made." ^[7] 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." ^[8]

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

References

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. Yanow, S. 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. Douglas, Michael (October 16, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . Vol. 46, no. 16. pp. 48–49.
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. "Carla Bley and Michael Mantler". The Milwaukee Journal. June 3, 1990. p. E7.
8. Macnie, Jim (June 29, 1996). "Carla Bley's career has Legs". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 1.