And speaking of Brazilian musicians who play in the style we find exciting...
Don't forget Ivo Perelman, who over the course of his CDs has recorded a
few "salutes" to his Brazilian background.
Ken Waxman
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:05:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Waxman <cj649@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Re: O.T. : Paul Bley
Recommendations:
Touching (Black Lion) - trio
Closer (ESP-Disk) - trio
Barrage (ESP-Disk) -quintet with Marshall Allen and Sunny Muarry (!)
second the Parker/Phillips/Bley ECM trio
Ken Waxman
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:19:29 EST
From: Reaboi@aol.com
Subject: Paul Bley
my favorites of Paul's huge catalogue change all the time. and I can't decide if I prefer the 'older' or 'newer' work by him. both are great.
the recent solo disc of 40's era film music on a french label is fantastic. He plays these tunes that have become standards (Laura, Someday My Prince Will Come, It Might As Well Be Spring, etc). the disc says "Jazz'n'emotion" on lt, but that may be the series.
Beautiful reworking of standards.... also new and good is NOT ONE NOT TWO with Peacock/Motian and ZEN PALACE with Swallow/Motian.
Paul, like Lee Konitz, is always partial to his newer work. So keep that in mind when reading interviews or speaking to him etc.
the 80s: MEMOIRS, FRAGMENTS, ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND, IN THE EVENINGS OUT THERE. The album QUARTET on ECM is one of the essential free albums (w Motain/Frisell/Surman).
The 70s: There is a great record that's worth trackng down, but it's not on disc. It's a record by SCORPIO (Bley/Holland/Altschul)... JAPAN SUITE with Altschul and Gary Peacock is great... AXIS (solo) and QUIET SONG (with Giuffre/Connors) are beauiful records too.
Of the 60s stuff, TURNING POINT and BLOOD are my two favorites. His records for Savoy (however they are packaged) are nice too.
Basically, it's tough to go wrong with a Paul Bley record (however, you may find that, after A TON of these it may be enough for you).
Cheers,
Dave
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:24:45 CET
From: "Andreas Dietz" <andreasdietz@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: O.T. : Paul Bley
>Recommendations:
>
>Touching (Black Lion) - trio
>Closer (ESP-Disk) - trio
>Barrage (ESP-Disk) -quintet with Marshall Allen and Sunny Muarry (!)
>second the Parker/Phillips/Bley ECM trio
>
>Ken Waxman
>
I prefer the early stuff from the fifties:
- - Introducing Paul Bley (Trio with Mingus from 1953)
- - The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet
- - Coleman Classics (both with Ornette┤s Quartet live in LA from 1958)
