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]

European Tour 1977
Studio album by
The Carla Bley Band
Released1978
RecordedSeptember 1977
StudioBavaria Musik Studios
Munich, Germany
GenreJazz
Length42:30
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerCarla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
Dinner Music
(1976)
European Tour 1977
(1978)
Musique Mecanique
(1978)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [5]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic 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 three stars.[5] The Milwaukee Journal considered it "among the funniest jazz albums ever made."[6] 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."[7]

Track listing

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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

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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 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. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ "Carla Bley and Michael Mantler". The Milwaukee Journal. 3 June 1990. p. E7.
  7. ^ Macnie, Jim (Jun 29, 1996). "Carla Bley's career has Legs". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 1.