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Paul Motian: Jack of Clubs

by Dan McClenaghan
December 31, 2013

As a drummer, Paul Motian (1931-2011) came to an early fame from his association with Bill Evans. It was the pianist's 1961 Riverside Records trio albums Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard that did the trick, shifting the way of the piano trio into the direction of democracy and intricate interplay, also launching ...

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Paul Motian: Jack of Clubs

By Paul Motian

Label: Soul Note
Released: 2013
Track listing: Jack of Clubs; Cathedral Song; Split Decision; Hide and Go Seek; Lament; Tanner Street; Drum Music.

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Paul Motian

By Paul Motian

Label: Soul Note
Released: 2013

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Paul Motian: Paul Motian (Old & New Masters Edition)

By Paul Motian

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: CD1 (Conception Vessel): Georgian Bay; Ch'i Energy; Rebica; Conception Vessel; American Indian: Song of Sitting Bull; Inspiration From a Vietnamese Lullaby. CD2 (Tribute): Victoria; Tuesday Ends Saturday; War Orphans; Sod House; Song for Ché. CD3 (Dance): Waltz Song; Dance; Kalypso; Asia; Prelude; Lullaby. CD4 (Le Voyage): Folk Song for Rose; Abacus; Cabala; Drum Music; The Sunflower; Le Voyage. CD5 (Psalm): Psalm; White Magic; Boomerang; Fantasm; Mandeville; Second Hand; Etude; Yahllah. CD6 (It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago): It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago; Fiasco; Conception Vessel; Introduction; India; In the Year of the Dragon; Two Women from Padua.

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Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire

by Duncan Heining
December 24, 2013

Pianist Howard Riley turned 70 in February and belatedly celebrates the event with the release of a new CD, Live with Repertoire (NoBusiness Records). It's a really strong live, solo set of standards and a few original tunes recorded last year in Leicester and one that emphasises one particular aspect of his playing. Riley remains one ...

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2013 Jazztopad Festival

by John Kelman
December 20, 2013

Jazztopad FestivalWrocĺaw, Poland November 18-24, 2013 It's always a treat to be invited somewhere new, especially somewhere with a strong jazz scene that remains, for the most part, hidden from the rest of the world. But when the country is Poland and the city Wrocĺaw, there are even greater treats awaiting, as ...

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2013 Enjoy Jazz Festival

by John Kelman
November 24, 2013

Enjoy Jazz 2013 Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany November 6-14, 2013 It's always a treat to return to Heidelberg for Enjoy Jazz. As a very intended contrast to most jazz festivals, that compress a lot of music into a very short time, Enjoy Jazz's founding premise, when it was first conceived 15 years ago by ...

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Memories in Motian

by Zeno De Rossi
November 22, 2013

Soon after hearing about Paul Motian's passing (November 22, 2011) I felt the urge to delve (again) into his music. Later on, inspired by a moving writing by Ellery Eskelin (published on his website and reproduced below, by his kind permission), I thought it would have been interesting to collect brief memories from ...

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No End

by John Kelman
November 18, 2013

When Keith Jarrett released Spirits in 1986 on his longstanding/exclusive label, Germany's ECM Records, this two-disc home recording- -featuring the pianist on a multitude of instruments in addition to his main axe, including a bevy or recorders and flutes, guitar, saz and percussion--came out of the blue to his legion of fans while, at the same ...

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Aurora Trio at Dachau Kultur-Schranne, Germany

by John Sharpe
November 15, 2013

Aurora Trio: Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy and Ramon Lopez Dachau Kultur-Schranne GermanyOctober 26, 2013 In an artform as mutable as jazz, nothing is ever finished. So it was that even in the soundcheck, Catalan pianist Agusti Fernandez and virtuoso English bassist Barry Guy were still tweaking some of their arrangements. Not ...