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Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Not Two, Not One
by C. Andrew Hovan
In a league by himself, pianist Paul Bley's art is one that has involved taking the road less traveled. He uses the jazz vocabulary in a way that is distinctive and varies from the norm, much in the manner that Hemingway or Gertrude Stein created sentences and paragraphs that skirted typical conventions. For this new ECM ...
Paul Motian & The Electric Bebop Band: Play Monk and Powell
by Ed Kopp
When you think about Thelonious Monk's or Bud Powell’s music, you think of the piano, the instrument of choice for those two eccentric legends. Drummer Paul Motian adopts a different approach to Monk and Powell with his piano-less Electric Bebop Band.The name might lead you to believe that this is a fusion outfit, but ...
Paul Motian and The Electric BeBop Band: Play Monk and Powell
by Glenn Astarita
It’s no secret that drummer-composer-bandleader Paul Motian adores “Monk”. Throughout his recording career, Motian generally manages to squeeze in a Monk number or two. Here, on the latest installment of Motian’s “Electric BeBop Band”, the band perform Monk and Bud Powell compositions as the CD is aptly titled, ..... Play Monk and Powell. Following up his ...
Paul Motian: Trio 2000 + One
by Glenn Astarita
The great drummer Paul Motian has enjoyed a lengthy and quite fruitful relationship with Stefan Winter of JMT Records, which eventually regrouped or reformed as the Winter & Winter label. During his association with Stefan Winter’s various record labels, Motian has also released a few “groundbreaking or perhaps trend setting modern jazz recordings, namely his Trio ...
Sound of Love
By Paul Motian
Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Misterioso; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love; Mumbo Jumbo; Once Around The Park, Good Morning Heartache; Epistrophy; Play.
Paul Motian Trio at The Village Vanguard: Sound of Love
by Glenn Astarita
Jazz afficionados should be enamored that Stefan Winter's “Winter & Winter label is getting distribution Stateside. Winter was the founder of the excellent “JMT" record label which was infamous for showcasing new talent ala Tim Berne, Hank Roberts, Geri Allen and veteran superstars like Paul Motian. The productions were generally inventive, first-rate, and state of the ...
Passages
By Tom Harrell
Label: Chesky Records
Released: 1992
Track listing: Touch The Sky; Suite Dreams; Papaya Holiday; Bell; Passages; Lakeside Drive; A Good Bye Wave; Expresso Bongo; Madrigal; It's Up To Us.
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