Tropic Appetites

1974 studio album by Carla Bley

Tropic Appetites

Studio album by

Carla Bley

Released

1974

Recorded

1973–74

Genre

Post-bop, jazz

Label

WATT Records/ECM Watt 1

Producer

Michael Mantler

Carla Bley chronology

Escalator over the Hill
(1971)

Tropic Appetites
(1974)

Dinner Music
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]

Tropic Appetites is a jazz album by Carla Bley released in 1974, following her debut Escalator over the Hill. The lyrics are contributed by Bley's friend Paul Haines, based on his journeys to Southeast Asia in the preceding years. Unlike on the orchestral Escalator, the band is an octet, with Julie Tippetts as lead vocalist.^[1]^[5]

Track listing

"What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?" − 11:06
"In India" − 1:11
"Enormous Tots" − 6:06
"Caucasian Bird Riffles" − 5:10
"Funnybird Song" − 1:19
"Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme" − 8:56
"Song of the Jungle Stream" − 10:15
"Nothing" − 3:35

Personnel

Gato Barbieri (uncredited) − tenor sax, percussion
Carla Bley − organ, piano, electric piano, celeste, cello, marimba, percussion, vocals, clavinet, producer, engineer
Paul Haines − performer
Dave Holland − bass, cello
Howard Johnson − tuba, bass clarinet, baritone sax, soprano sax, vocals
Michael Mantler − trombone, trumpet, valve trombone, producer
Toni Marcus − violin, viola
Paul Motian − drums, percussion
Julie Tippetts − vocals
Karen Mantler - vocals

References

^ ^a ^b Tropic Appetites at AllMusic
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016