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Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Motian
All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Motian's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Paul MotianAlthough he studied drums in the Navy School of Music in Washington, there has never been anything militaristic about Paul Motian\'s prolific work as a jazz drummer. In the mid-1950s, he played with a ...
At the Vanguard, a Conversation for Three, Running Hot and Cool
Near the end of his second sold-out set at the Village Vanguard on Sunday night, the drummer Paul Motian started into one of his friskier tunes, “23rd Street Theme.” The tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and the pianist Jason Moran, who round out a group he calls 3 in 1, breezed through the syncopated melody together. Then ...
Frisell/Carter/Motian; Winter Jazzfest; Gato Barbieri/Poncho Sanchez; George Coleman; Monty Alexander; Lee Konitz
by Martin Longley
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul MotianThe Blue NoteJanuary 9, 2009It's just over a year since these masters of minimalism were last in residence at The Blue Note. This return shows that they've further refined their rapport, which was already bordering on the telepathic. In this very particular combination, each member ...
Enrico Rava: New York Days
by John Kelman
In assessing Enrico Rava's lengthy career, while it is clear that he is still reaching for the unattainable, in recent years the Italian trumpeter's context has been considerably more centrist. Easy Living (ECM, 2004) and The Words and the Days (ECM, 2007) were undeniably mainstream, albeit with an unmistakable European and, at times, Mediterranean bent. New ...
Contemporary Jazz in Denmark: Different Sounds, Different Scenes
by Jakob Baekgaard
There's an often-quoted phrase by Shakespeare saying that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark" but when it comes to jazz, the environment of the country is indeed very fertile, and at this point, the many sounds of Danish jazz are reaching across the borders and finding new listeners everywhere in the world. The homogeneity ...
Live at the Village Vanguard - Vol. 1
By Paul Motian
Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Standard Time; 2. If You Could See Me Now (Tadd Dameron); 3. Olivia’s Dream; 4. Morrock; 5. Last Call.
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Time and Time Again
By Paul Motian
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Cambodia; Wednesday; Onetwo; Whirlpool; In Remembrance of Things Past; K.T.; This Nearly Was Mine; Party Line; Light Blue; Time And Time Again.
Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1
By Paul Motian
Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Standard Time; If You Could See Me Now; Olivia
Paul Motian: Time and Time Again
by Nenad Georgievski
There's always magic in the air whenever Paul Motian, Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano get together and this album is no exception. A sequel to the brilliant I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2005), this is another master painting by these fine artists. Jazz has always favored individual voices and expressionism, and these players have ...
Paul Motian: Voices and Portrait in Jazz
by Francis Lo Kee
Marc CoplandNew York Trio Recordings Vol. 2: VoicesPirouet2008 Bill EvansPortrait in JazzRiverside-Concord2008 Paul Motian is a catalytic musician. His imaginative playing shapes the sound of a project in a way ...
