Carla Bley
Tropic Appetites
WATT (US) 1974
WATT/1 (LP) Original pressing. Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(some wear on edge and corner, dirts.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise.)
A leader album released in 1974 by composer and pianist Carla Bley, whose talent was widely recognized through her compositions for Art Farmer, Gary Burton, and Charlie Haden, quickly establishing her as one of the top composers in American jazz. The session brings together an outstanding lineup of musicians active on the U.S. avant-garde and contemporary jazz scene, including Julie Tippetts, Howard Johnson, Michael Mantler, Dave Holland, Toni Marcus, and Paul Motian. Highlights include the powerful A1, featuring a fiery, eruptive tenor sax performance by Gato Barbieri—credited here as “Unidentified Cat,” likely for licensing reasons—as well as A2 and B3, where Bley’s witty, free-form compositional approach truly shines. Blending spiritual jazz with rich Latin, Afro-Cuban, and Oriental flavors, this stands as a masterwork of the genre.
A1: What Will Be Left Between Us And The Moon Tonight?
B3: Song Of The Jungle Stream
Tropic Appetites
WATT (US) 1974
WATT/1 (LP) Original pressing. Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(some wear on edge and corner, dirts.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise.)
A leader album released in 1974 by composer and pianist Carla Bley, whose talent was widely recognized through her compositions for Art Farmer, Gary Burton, and Charlie Haden, quickly establishing her as one of the top composers in American jazz. The session brings together an outstanding lineup of musicians active on the U.S. avant-garde and contemporary jazz scene, including Julie Tippetts, Howard Johnson, Michael Mantler, Dave Holland, Toni Marcus, and Paul Motian. Highlights include the powerful A1, featuring a fiery, eruptive tenor sax performance by Gato Barbieri—credited here as “Unidentified Cat,” likely for licensing reasons—as well as A2 and B3, where Bley’s witty, free-form compositional approach truly shines. Blending spiritual jazz with rich Latin, Afro-Cuban, and Oriental flavors, this stands as a masterwork of the genre.
A1: What Will Be Left Between Us And The Moon Tonight?
B3: Song Of The Jungle Stream