Tropic Appetites

Tropic Appetites
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded1973–74
GenrePost-bop, jazz
LabelWATT Records/ECM Watt 1
ProducerMichael Mantler
Carla Bley chronology
Escalator over the Hill
(1971)
Tropic Appetites
(1974)
Dinner Music
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
Tom HullB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[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]

  1. ^ a b Tropic Appetites at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016