European Tour 1977

Studio album by The Carla Bley Band

Released

1978

Recorded

September 1977

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:30

Carla Bley chronology

Dinner Music
(1976)

European Tour 1977
(1977)

Musique Mecanique
(1978)

European Tour 1977 is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1977 in Munich, Germany and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1978.^[1]^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and 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 3 stars.^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

"Rose and Sad Song" - 11:11
"Wrong Key Donkey" - 7:52
"Drinking Music" - 4:26
"Spangled Banner Minor and Other Patriotic Songs" - 19:17

Recorded at Bavaria Musik Studios, Munich, Germany in September 1977.

Personnel

References

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010
↑ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
1 2 Yanow, S. 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.

Carla Bley

As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016)

With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)

With Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968-71) Relativity Suite (1973)

With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)

With Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)

With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)

With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)

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