music by Carla Bley words by Paul Haines
Julie Tippetts — voice
Unidentified Cat (Gato Barbieri) — tenor saxophone, percussion
Howard Johnson — voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, baritone sax, bass sax, tubas
David Holland — cello, acoustic bass, bass guitar
Michael Mantler — trumpet, valve trombone
Toni Marcus — violin, viola
Carla Bley — voice recorders, piano, electric piano, clavinet, organ, marimba, celeste, percussion
Paul Motian — drums, percussion
Karen — guest vocalist
recorded September 1973 through February 1974
engineer: Eddie Korvin
Blue Rock Studio, New York
Julie Tippetts recorded November 1973
engineer: Frank Owen
Island Studios, London
special assistance: Richard Elen
mixed February and March 1974
engineer: Eddie Korvin
Blue Rock Studio, New York
photographs: Gregory Reeve
photographs used in collage taken by Paul Haines in Bali during 1972
album design: Paul McDonough
publisher: Copyright © 1974 by Watt Works (BMI)
produced by Caria Bley and Michael Mantler
from wiki:
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.
http://www.discogs.com/Carla-Bley-Tropic-Appetites/release/4022952
