European Tour 1977

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
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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[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

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