Introducing Paul Bley
1954 studio album by Paul Bley
Introducing Paul Bley | ||||
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Studio album by Paul Bley | ||||
Released | 1954 | |||
Recorded | November 30, 1953 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:43 | |||
Label | Debut | |||
Paul Bley chronology | ||||
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Introducing Paul Bley is the debut album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1953 and released on Charles Mingus' Debut label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Paul Bley may not have been distinctive this early on but he clearly had a potentially strong future".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "that astonishing debut with Mingus and Blakey on which he sounds edgy and a little cautious on the standards but absolutely secure in his technique".[3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
Track listing
- "Opus 1" (Paul Bley)- 4:08
- "Opus 1 (Alternate Take) (Paul Bley) - 3:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "(Teapot) Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 4:28
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) - 4:03
- "Spontaneous Combustion" (Paul Bley) – 4:15
- "Split Kick" (Horace Silver) - 3:05
- "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 3:37
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 3:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Theme" (Paul Bley) - 3:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Zootcase" (Zoot Sims) - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded in New York City on November 30, 1953.
Personnel
- Paul Bley — piano
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
References
- ^ Debut Records discography accessed January 1, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed January 1, 2012
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 132. ISBN 0141023279.
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- Introducing Paul Bley
- Paul Bley
- Solemn Meditation
- Footloose!
- Barrage
- Touching
- Closer
- Ramblin'
- Mr. Joy
- Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
- Ballads
- The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
- Open, to Love
- Paul Bley/NHØP
- Jaco
- Alone, Again
- Quiet Song
- Tears
- Tango Palace
- Sonor
- Questions
- Diane
- My Standard
- Fragments
- The Paul Bley Quartet
- The Nearness of You
- Blues for Red
- Notes (with Paul Motian)
- Partners (with Gary Peacock)
- BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
- Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian)
- 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann)
- Right Time, Right Place (with Gary Burton)
- Changing Hands
- In the Evenings out There
- Paul Plays Carla
- Annette
- Hands On
- If We May
- Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley)
- Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Notes on Ornette
- Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian)
- Basics
- Nothing to Declare
- About Time
- Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958
- Coleman Classics Volume 1
- Improvisie
- Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock)
- Japan Suite
- Axis
- Hot
- Live at Sweet Basil
- Solo in Mondsee
- Play Blue: Oslo Concert