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Paul Bley Quintet: Barrage
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Paul Bley recorded two albums for ESP Disk. The first was Barrage in 1964, the second was Closer in 1965. On the first Bley used Marshall Allen (alto sax), Dewey Johnson (trumpet), Eddie Gomez (bass) and Milford Graves (percussion). The latter was a more intimate outing with Steve Swallow (bass) and Barry Altschul (percussion). If ...
Paul Bley: About Time
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Paul Bley has set many milestones along his illustrious career, taking the piano on undiscovered paths and fermenting his art with unbridled imagination. Risk has never daunted him, and even as he takes it, he keeps logic in lockstep.He is as much at home in avant-garde and free explorations as he is in ...
Paul Bley's "About Time" on Justin Time
Justin Time Records is proud to announce the release of Paul Bley's About Time, the master pianist's sixth solo recording for the label. With more than half a century of recognition as one of the most innovative and forward thinking individuals in the jazz pantheon, Bley has always maintained that the personality of the player should ...
Paul Bley Trio: Closer
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Paul Bley is an innovator whose imagination eclipses the norm. He never wavers from a challenge and there is always an air of expectancy each time Bley sits at the piano. He is comfortable in any setting and his music has been shaped by several peers. Among them were Sonny Rollins, Carla Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, ...
Paul Bley: Closer
by Lyn Horton
Piano music has various personalities. It can be extroverted, jamming and far-reaching. It can be self-referential and have form that evolves only as it is played. It can be rigorously confined to form and fit well within conventional or traditional labels that have been assigned to it. Or it can be introverted and mindful, and beg ...
Paul Bley (12 + 6) in a Row : Hatology 649
Paul Bley (12 + 6) In A Row : Hatology 649 Paul Bley -piano Hans Koch -reeds (clarinets & saxophones) Franz Koglmann -flugelhorn Total Time DDD 59:08 As in any improvised music, there are challenges accepted, risks taken. Bley himself has suggested, as a measure of the success ...
Solo In Mondsee
By Paul Bley
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mondsee Variations I-X.
Paul Bley: Solo In Mondsee
by Martin Gladu
The body may feel a bit tired, but the resolute, searching mind, is still very much intact; as sharp as an eagle's eye and as terrifying as a boxer's aim. Pianist Paul Bley has been searching relentlessly for half a century, yet his playing remains as fresh as spring water. His phrases are still as temperamental ...
Paul Bley/Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor: Imagine the Sound
by Greg Camphire
Paul Bley/Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor Imagine the Sound Films We Like 1981/2007 The state of jazz in America in 1981 has remained a sort of lost history, in no small part due to the resounding indifference met by a brilliant film of the same year: Imagine the Sound. Now, with ...
