''Tropic Appetites'' is a jazz album by

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

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 Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and ...

as lead vocalist.ECM/WATT discography
accessed August 25, 2016

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 Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spa ...

(uncredited) − tenor sax, percussion *Carla Bley − organ, piano, electric piano, celeste, cello, marimba, percussion, vocals, clavinet, producer, engineer * Paul Haines − performer *

Dave Holland David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years. His extensive discography r ...

− bass, cello * Howard Johnson − tuba, bass clarinet, baritone sax, soprano sax, vocals *

Michael Mantler Michael Mantler (born August 10, 1943) is an Austrian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer of contemporary music. Career: United States Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria. In the early 1960s, he was a student at the Academy of Music and V ...

− trombone, trumpet, valve trombone, producer *Toni Marcus − violin, viola *

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the l ...

− drums, percussion *

− vocals *

Karen Mantler Karen Mantler (born 25 April 1966, in New York City, New York (state), New York, United States) is an American jazz pianist, singer, and composer. She is the daughter of Carla Bley and Michael Mantler. Career Her musical debut consisted of contri ...

- vocals

References

External links

* {{Authority control Carla Bley albums 1974 albums ECM Records albums