Home | Musicians | Labels | Compilations | Index | About | Links Jazzlists ... 1950's to 2020's jazz discographies


Paul Bley discography

This is a discography of Paul Bley albums and albums by other musicians that feature Paul Bley


Paul Bley: leader and co-leader discography: albums

Introducing, Paul Bley, 1954, Debut DLP-7

Tracks : Opus 1, Teapot, Like Someone In Love, Spontaneous Combustion, Split Kick, Can't Get Started, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Musicians : Paul Bley, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey

album cover


Paul Bley, Paul Bley, 1955, Wing

Tracks : Topsy, My Hearth, That Old Feeling, There'll Never Be Another You, Autumn Brezee, I Want To Be Happy, My Old Flame, Time On My Hands, Drum One, This Can't Be Love, What Am I Gonna Do, 52nd Street Theme

Musicians : Paul Bley, Percy Heath, Peter Ind, Alan Levitt

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Solemn Meditation, Paul Bley, 1958, GNP Crescendo

Tracks : Birk's Works, O Plus One, Porgy, Solemn Meditation, I Remember Harlem, Drum Two, Everywhere, Beau Diddley, Persian Village

Musicians : Paul Bley, Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Footloose!, Paul Bley, 1963, Savoy MG 12182

Tracks : When Will The Blues Leave, Floater, Turns, Around Again, Syndrome, Cousins, King Korn, Vashikar

Musicians : Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Touching, Paul Bley Trio, 1965, Debut / Fontana

Tracks : Start, Touching, Pablo, Both, Mazatalan, Cartoon

Musicians : Paul Bley, Kent Carter, Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1965. Originally released on Debut in Denmark and on Fontana in other European countries. All tracks were later included on the double LP Copenhagen And Haarlem (1975).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Barrage, Paul Bley, 1965, ESP Disk 1008

Tracks : Batterie, Ictus, And Now The Queen, Around Again, Walking Woman, Barrage

Musicians : Paul Bley, Dewey Johnson, Marshall Allen, Eddie Gomez, Milford Graves

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Closer, Paul Bley, 1965, ESP Disk 1021

Tracks : Ida, Start, Closer, Sideways In Mexico, Batterie, And Now The Queen, Figfoot, Crossroads, Violin, Cartoon

Musicians : Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Blood, Paul Bley, 1966, Fontana

Tracks : Blood, Albert's Love Theme, El Cordobes, Only Sweetly, Seven, Mister Joy, Ramblin', Kid Dynamite, Nothing Ever Was, Anyway, Pig Foot

Musicians : Paul Bley, Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded live in Baarn in Holland on September 21, 1966 and October 4, 1966. Both tracks were later included on the double LP Copenhagen And Haarlem (1975).

album cover


International Jazz Festival Praha '66, Various Artists, 1966, Supraphon

Tracks : Jazz Adventures In Swedish Folklore (George Riedel), Our Love Is Here To Stay/Happiness/Please Don't Talk About Me (Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth), My Funny Valentine (Carmell Jones), I Want To Talk About You (Jean-Luc Ponty), Ramblin' (Paul Bley), Blues For T (Manfred Schoof)

Notes : Also released by Supraphon as Jazz 66.

album cover


Blood: In Haarlem, Paul Bley, 1967, Polydor

Tracks : Blood, Mr Joy

Musicians : Paul Bley, Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded live in Haarlem on November 4, 1967. Both tracks were later included on the double LP Copenhagen And Haarlem (1975).

album cover


Ramblin', Paul Bley, 1967?, Actuel 529.313

Tracks : Both, Albert's Love Theme, Ida Lupino, Ramblin', Touching, Mazatalon

Musicians : Paul Bley, Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Mr. Joy, Paul Bley, 1968, Limelight 86060

Tracks : Only Lovely, Kid Dynamite, Nothing Ever Was, Anyway, El Cordores, Ramblin', Touching, Blood, Mr. Joy

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary peacock, Bill Elgart

album cover


Paul Bley with Gary Peacock, Paul Bley Trio, 1970, ECM 1003

Tracks : Blues, Getting Started, When Will The Blues Leave, Long Ago And Far Away, Moor, Gary, Big Foot, Albert's Love Theme

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Billy Elgart, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Ballads, Paul Bley, 1971, ECM 1010

Tracks : Ending, Circles, So Hard It Hurts

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded in 1967.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show, Paul Bley, 1971, Milestone 9033

Tracks : Mr. Joy, The Archangel, Nothing Ever Was Anyway, Gary, Snakes, Parks, Circles

Musicians : Paul Bley, Glenn Moore (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Dick Youngstein (tracks 2, 6 & 7), Frank Tusa (tracks 3 & 5), Bobby Moses (tracks 3 & 5), Steve Haas (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 7)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate, Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show, 1971, Polydor

Tracks : A Loss Of Consciousness, The Cynic, I Belong To A World That's Destroying Itself, Climbing Aspirations, I'm The One, Mr. Joy, Daddy's Boat (A Baby's Lullaby), Dreams

Musicians : Paul Bley, Annette Peacock, Mark Whitecage (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Perry Robinson (tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), Michael Garson (tracks 1 & 5), Thomas Cosgrove (tracks 1 & 5), Glen Moore (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Richard Youngstein (track 3 & 6), Stu Woods (tracks 1 & 5), Gary Peacock (track 8), Laurence Cook (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Rick Marotta (tracks 1 & 5), Steve Haas (tracks 3 & 6), Barry Altschul (track 8)

Notes : Live recordings from various venues in the US in April, June and November 1969.

album cover


Improvisie, Paul Bley, 1971, America

Tracks : Improvisie, Touching

Musicians : Paul Bley, Annette Peacock, Han Bennink

Notes : Recorded live in Rotterdam on March 26, 1971.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet, Paul Bley Quintet, 1971?, America

Tracks : Klactoveesedstene, I Remember Harlem, The Blessing, Free

Musicians : Paul Bley, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins

Notes : Recorded live at the Hillcrest Club in Los Angeles in 1958. First released in the US in 1976 on Inner City with the title Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958.

album cover
Inner City (US)

album cover
America (France)
Buy from amazon.com

Dual Unity, Annette / Paul Bley, 1972, Freedom

Tracks : M.J., Gargantuan Encounter, Richter Scale, Dual Unity

Musicians : Annette Peacock, Paul Bley, Mario Pavone, Han Bennink (tracks 1 & 2), Laurence Cook (tracks 3 & 4)

Notes : Recorded live in Rotterdam on March 26, 1971 (tracks 1 & 2) and in Paris on November 16, 1971 (tracks 3 & 4).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Open, To Love: Solo Piano, Paul Bley, 1973, ECM 1023

Tracks : Closer, Ida Lupino, Started, Open, To Love, Harlem, Seven, Nothing Ever Was, Anyway

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Paul Bley / NHØP, Paul Bley/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1973, Steeplechase SCS 1005

Tracks : Meeting, Mating Of Urgency, Carla, Olhos De Gato, Paradise Island, Upstairs, Later, Summer, Gesture Without Plot

Musicians : Paul Bley, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Paul Bley & Scorpio, Paul Bley & Scorpio, 1973, Milestone 9046

Tracks : El Cordobes, Capricorn, King Korn, Dreams, Syndrome, Gesture Without Plot, Ictus

Musicians : Paul Bley, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Quiet Song, Paul Bley / Bill Connors / Jimmy Giuffre, 1975, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.39

Tracks : Solo, Duet, Play Blue, Clarinet, Yeah, Guitar, Carol, Trio, Goodbye, Laurent, Quiet Song

Musicians : Paul Bley, Bill Connors, Jimmy Giuffre

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Alone, Again, Paul Bley, 1975, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.40

Tracks : Ojos De Gato, Ballade, And Now The Queen, Glad, Lovers, Dreams, Explanations

Musicians : Paul Bley

Notes : Recorded in Oslo in August 1974.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Turning Point, Paul Bley, 1975, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.41

Tracks : Calls, Turning, King Korn, Ictus, Mr Joy, Kid Dynamite, Ida Lupino

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian, Billy Elgart

Notes : Recorded in March 1964.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Copenhagen And Haarlem, Paul Bley, 1975, Arista Freedom AL 1901

Tracks : LP 1: Cartoon, Touching, Start, Mazatalan, Closer, Both, Pablo / LP 2: Blood, Mister Joy

Musicians : Paul Bley, Kent Carter (LP 1), Mark Levenson (LP 2), Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1965 and Haarlem in November 1966. Some of the music was originally released on the album Touching (Debut/Fontana) in 1965 and on the album Blood: In Haarlem (Polydor) in 1967. Closer is released here for the first time

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Virtuosi, Barry Altschul / Paul Bley / Gary Peacock, 1976, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.44

Tracks : Butterflies, Gary

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded in June 1967.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Japan Suite, Paul Bley, 1977, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.49

Tracks : Japan Suite I, Japan Suite II

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul Notes : Recorded live at the Yamaha Music Festival in Japan on July 25, 1976.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Axis, Paul Bley, 1978, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.53

Tracks : Axis, Porgy, Music Matador, El Cordobes, Please Don't Ever Leave Me

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


New Music: Second Wave, Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Bob Pozar, Archie Shepp, Marzette Watts, 1979, Savoy SJL 2235

Tracks : Where Poppies Bloom (New York Contemporary Five), Like A Blessed Lamb (New York Contemporary Five), Consequences (New York Contemporary Five), The 12th December (Bill Dixon 7-Tette), Winter Song 1964 (Bill Dixon 7-Tette), Play It Straight (Marzette Watts Ensemble), Lonely Woman (Marzette Watts Ensemble), Robin Hood (Robert Pozar), The Mechanical Answering Service Of Chris And Martha White (Robert Pozar), Sweet Little Maia (Robert Pozar), The Circle With The Hole In The Middle (Paul Bley), Around Again (Paul Bley), Ida Lupino (Paul Bley), Syndrome (Paul Bley), Around Again (Alternate Trio Take) (Paul Bley)

Notes : The Paul Bley tracks were recorded during the 1962-64 period.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Floater, Paul Bley, 1984, Savoy SJL 1148

Tracks : When Will The Blues Leave, Floater, Stereophrenic, The Circle With The Hole In The Middle, Around Again, Ballad No. 4, Turns

Musicians : Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca

Notes : Tracks recorded in 1962 and 1963.

album cover



Tears, Paul Bley, 1984, Owl 034

Tracks : Tears, Ostinato, Music Matador, Walkman, Flame, Hardly, Head Over Heels, Solo Rose, For Roy E.

Musicians : Paul Bley

Notes : Recorded in Paris in May 1983.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Sonor, Paul Bley, 1984, Soul Note SN 1085

Tracks : Little Bells, Landscape, Speed, Recollection, Joined, Sonor, Waltz, Set, Darkness, Tight Rope

Musicians : Paul Bley, George Cross McDonald

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album, Various Artists, 1984, Mercury

Tracks : All The Things You Are, My Heart Stood Still, Sleep (Erroll Garner) / Jay Jay (Gene Ammons And His Orchestra) / You Didn't Tell Me, The Duke And The Brute, Reach (Jay McShann And His Orchestra) / Operation Take 3, Operation Take 5, Operation Take 8 (Arnett Cobb & His Orchestra) / Money In The Bank Take 7, Money In The Bank Take 12 (Clark Terry) / Blue Skies (Dinah Washington) / Plush Life (Paul Quinichette And His Orchestra) / Hot Springs, 111 East Ontario (Junior Mance Trio) / Willow Weep For Me (Paul Bley Trio) / Glad To Be Unhappy, How's The World Treating You (Helen Merrill) / Blues (Coronado) (Clifford Brown All Stars) / Manteca (John Williams Trio) / Cherokee, Blues In The Night, Suppertime (Herb Geller Quartet) / The Roamin' Showman, Taking A Change On Love (Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra) / Our Love Is Here To Stay (Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars) / Hopping John, Yesterdays, Sam's Tune, Fuller Bop Man (Cannonball Adderley Quintet) / Moanin', Close Your Eyes, Blues From Free And Easy, Ghana (Quincy Jones And His Orchestra) / Blues For Alice, Domino (Roland Kirk Quartet) / At La Carrousel, Paraphrase (Billy Taylor Quartet) / Tonk, Sonny's Back, Another Git Together (The Jazztet) / Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Bob James Trio) / Blues (From Gillespiana), My Funny Valentine, A Night In Tunesia (Dizzy Gillespie Quintet)

Notes : A 4 LP collection of previously unreleased tracks.

album cover
Buy CD from amazon.com


Questions, Paul Bley Trio, 1985, Steeplechase SCS 1205

Tracks : Lovely, Adventure 1, Adventure 2, Adventure 3, Adventure 4, Beautiful, Questions, Here And Gone 1, Here And Gone 2, Here And Gone 3, Here And Gone 4, Fanfare

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Diane, Chet Baker & Paul Bley, 1985, Steeplechase SCS 1207

Tracks : If I Should Lose You, You Go To My Head, How Deep Is The Ocean, Pent-Up House, Everytime We Say Goodbye, Diane, Skidadidlin', Little Girl Blue

Musicians : Chet Baker, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Tango Palace, Paul Bley, 1985, Soul Note SN 1090

Tracks : Tango Palace, C.G., Woogie, A.G.B., But Beautiful, Return Love, Bound, Zebra Walk, Please, Explain

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


My Standard, Paul Bley, 1986, Steeplechase SCS 1214

Tracks : Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Lover Man, All The Things You Are, Long Ago And Far Away, Black And Blue, I Wish I Knew, If I'm Lucky, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, I Can't Get Started, The Theme

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jesper Lundgaard, Billy Hart

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Hot, Paul Bley Group, 1986, Soul Note SN 1140

Tracks : When Will the Blues Leave?, Around Again, How Long, Mazatlan, Syndrome

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Fragments, Paul Bley, 1986, ECM 1320

Tracks : Memories, Monica Jane, Line Down, Seven, Closer, Once Around The Park, Hand Dance, For The Love Of Sarah, Nothing Ever Was, Anyway

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Live, Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard, 1987, Steeplechase SCS 1223

Tracks : Blues, Ostinato, The Theme, Ramblin', Music Matador, When Will The Blues Leave, Vashkar, Ictus

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jesper Lundgaard

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Live Again, Paul Bley, 1987, Steeplechase SCS 1230

Tracks : Ictus, Pent-Up House, Diane, If I'm Lucky, Rebecca, All The Things You Are, If I Loved You, What'll I Do?, Willow Weep For Me

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jesper Lundgaard

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Syndrome, Paul Bley, 1987, Savoy SJL 1175

Tracks : Syndrome, Cousins, King Korn, Vashkar, Around Again, Ballad I, King Korn, Ballad II

Musicians : Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca

Tracks recorded in September 1963. Some of the tracks were originally released on Footloose (1963) and New Music: Second Wave (1979). Tracks 6, 7 and 8 are released here for the first time.

album cover



Notes, Paul Bley / Paul Motian, 1987?, Soul Note SN 1190

Tracks : Notes, Batterie, Piano Solo No.1, West 107th Street, Just Us, No.3, Turns, Ballad, Excerpt, Love Hurts, Inside, Finale, Diane

Musicians : Paul Bley, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Solo Piano, Paul Bley, 1988, Steeplechase SCS 1236

Tracks : Tin Tin Deo, Mariona, The Lady Of Chet, Peace Pipe, Blues Reconstruction, Slipping, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You, And Now The Queen, You Go To My Head, Carla, Clopin Clopan, Finale

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Turns, Paul Bley, 1988, Savoy SJL 1192

Tracks : Around Again, Calls, King Korn, Ida Lupino, Ida Lupino, Syndrome, Turns, Ictus

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian

Tracks recorded in March 1964 and originally released on New Music: Second Wave (1979) and Turning Point (1975).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Paul Bley Quartet, The Paul Bley Quartet, 1988, ECM 1365

Tracks : Interplay, Heat, After Dark, One In Four, Triste

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Live at Sweet Basil, Paul Bley Group, 1988, Soul Note

Tracks : Blues Waltz, Lover Man, When Will the Blues Leave?, My Old Flame, My Foolish Heart

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Barry Altschul

Recorded live at Sweet Basil in New York City in March 1988.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Nearness of You, Paul Bley, 1989, Steeplechase SCS 1246

Tracks : This Can't Be Love, The Nearness Of You, What A Difference A Day Makes, Lullaby Of Birdland, We'll Be Together Again, Take The A-Train

Musicians : Paul Bley, Ron McClure, Billy Hart

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Solo, Paul Bley, 1989, Justin Time JUST 28

Tracks : Forth, Conversations, Blueness, Intentions, Lucky, Boogie, Apology, Love Hurts, Strolling, Six Eight

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Blues For Red, Paul Bley, 1989, Red

Tracks : Blues for Red, Rear Projection, Into the Night, Above Board, Delirious Boogie, Underground, Up Hill, Latin Thing, Downtown, Late Night Blue, Baby Narrows, Capri - Cious, Solo Mio, Exit

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Bebopbebopbebopbebop, Paul Bley Trio, 1990, Steeplechase SCS 1259 / SCCD 31259

Tracks : Now's The Time, My Little Suede Shoes, Ornithology, A Night In Tunisia, Don't Blame Me, The Theme, Bebop, Ladybird, Tenderly, Steeplechase, Barbados, 52nd Street Theme

Musicians : Paul Bley, Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Rejoicing, Paul Bley, 1990, Steeplechase SCCD 31274

Tracks : Bolivar Blues, Rejoicing, I Can't Get Started, All The Things You Are, When Will The Blues Leave, Ictus

Musicians : Paul Bley, Michal Urbaniak, Ron McClure, Barry Altschul

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Life of a Trio: Saturday, Paul Bley / Jimmy Giuffre / Steve Swallow, 1990, Owl

Tracks : Clarinet Zone, Black Ivory, Owl Eyes, Endless Melody, Turns, Foreplay, We Agree, Clusters, December, Someone, Even Steven, By the Way: Part 1 / Part 2

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Life of a Trio: Sunday, Paul Bley / Jimmy Giuffre / Steve Swallow, 1990, Owl

Tracks : Sensing, Monique, The Giant Guitar and the Black Stick, Industrial Suite, Sanctuary Much, Tango del Mar, The Hidden Voice, Mephisto, Where Were We?, Sweet Song, Scrambled Legs, Play Ball, Fallen Statue, Things, Two Singers, The Life of a Trio

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Right Time, Right Place, Gary Burton & Paul Bley, 1990, GNP Crescendo

Tracks : Ida Lupino, Isn't It Romantic?, Laura's Dream, Carla, Olhos de Gato, Alcazar, Rightly So, Nothing to Declare, You Don't Know What Love Is, Eidertown, Turn Out the Stars

Musicians : Gary Burton, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Memoirs, Paul Bley / Charlie Haden / Paul Motian, 1990, Soul Note

Tracks : Memoirs, Monk's Dream, Dark Victory, Latin Genetics, This Is the Hour, Insanity, New Flame, Sting a Ring, Blues for Josh, Enough Is Enough

Musicians : Paul Bley, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Indian Summer, Paul Bley, 1991, Steeplechase SCCD 31286

Tracks : Black And Blue, Blue Waltz, Lisbon Lights, Long Ago And Far Away, Goodbye, The More I See You, Diane, Blues, Indian Summer

Musicians : Paul Bley, Ron McClure, Barry Altschul

Recorded in May 1987.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


12 (+6) In A Row, Paul Bley, 1991, hat ART CD 6081

Tracks : Solo 1, Trio 1, Solo 2, Trio 2, Solo 3, Trio 3, Duo 1, Duo 2, Duo 3, Solo 4, Trio 4, Solo 5, Trio 5, Solo 6, Trio 6, Solo 7, Trio 7, Solo 8

Musicians : Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Hans Koch

Notes : Reissued in 2008 (hatOLOGY 649).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Partners, Paul Bley / Gary Peacock, 1991, Owl

Tracks : Again Anew, Pleiades Skirt, Octavon, Latin Genetics, Workinoot, Afternoon of a Dawn, Parts 1-3, Hand in Hand, Satyr Satire, Lull-A-Bye, Twitter Pat, Who's Who Is It?, Gently, Gently, Majestique, Pot Luck, No Pun Intended

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


A Musing, Jon Ballantyne / Paul Bley, 1991, Justin Time JUST 39

Tracks : Second Conversation, Zacotic, If You Like, Viattya, Funny, Alternate Vision, Polka Dots And Moonbeams, Question, A Musing

Musicians : Jon Ballantyne, Paul Bley (tracks 1 to 5), Dave Laing (tracks 6 & 7)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Changing Hands, Paul Bley, 1991, Justin Time JUST 40

Tracks : Changing Hands, Juanita, Willow, Longer, Summertime, U-Nighted, Pleasing You

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Lyrics, Paul Bley / Tiziana Ghiglioni, 1991, Splasc(H)

Tracks : Beginning, Long Ago And Far Away, Close, Don't Blame Me, Clime, Yesterdays, Current, Lover Man, Soulful, The More I See You, Ending V

Musicians : Paul Bley, Tiziana Ghiglioni

Notes : Recorded in Milan in March 1991.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com

album cover



Paul Plays Carla, Paul Bley, 1992, Steeplechase SCCD 31303

Tracks : Vashkar, Floater, Seven, Around Again, Ida Lupino, Turns, And Now The Queen, Ictus, Olhos De Gato, Donkey

Musicians : Paul Bley, Marc Johnson, Jeff Williams

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


One Year After, Paul Bley, 1992, Gala Records

Tracks : Blues, Italian Song, Latin Delay, Contrast, Ojos De Gato, Human Touch, Delays, Fig Foot, Blue Black

Musicians : Paul Bley, Giko Pavan, Mauro Beggio

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Annette, Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock, 1992, hat ART CD 6118

Tracks : Touching (Take 1), El Cordobes, Cartoon, Albert's Love Theme, Kid Dynamite, Miracles, Blood (Take 1), Annette, Both, Blood (Take 2), Mister Joy, Touching (Take 2)

Musicians : Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock

Notes : Reissued on hatOLOGY in 2001 (hatOLOGY 564) and in 2010 (hatOLOGY 674).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Caravan Suite, Paul Bley, 1993, Steeplechase SCCD 31316

Tracks : Caravan Suite: Section 1/Section 2/Section 3/Section 4, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, In My Solitude, I'm Beginning To See The Light

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


In the Evenings Out There, Paul Bley, 1993, ECM 1488

Tracks : Afterthoughts, Portrait Of A Silence, Soft Touch, Speak Easy, Interface, Alignment, Fair Share, Article Four, Married Alive, Spe-cu-lay-ting, Tomorrow Today, Note Police

Musicians : Paul Bley, John Surman, Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Homage To Carla, Paul Bley, 1993, ECM 1488

Tracks : Seven, Closer, Olhos De Gato, And Now The Queen, Vahskar, Around Again, Donkey, King Korn, Ictus, Turns, Overtoned

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Zen Palace, Paul Bley, 1993, Transheart

Tracks : Deviation, Almost Persuaded, Ah-Ha, Latin Ideas, Zen Palace, Where Is Paul?

Musicians : Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Hands On, Paul Bley, 1993, Transheart

Tracks : Remembering, Points, Ram Dance, Three Fifth, Hands On, If, Cowhand

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


If We May, Paul Bley Trio, 1994, Steeplechase SCCD 31344

Tracks : Long Ago And Far Away, Don't Explain, If We May, Indian Summer, All The Things You Are, Goodbye, Confirmation

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


At Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Paul Bley, 1994, Steeplechase SCCD 31348

Tracks : Woogie, Check, Decade, Furioso, Bye

Musicians : Paul Bley

Notes : Recorded at Copenhagen Jazz House on November 5, 1992.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Synth Thesis, Paul Bley, 1994, Postcards POST 1001

Tracks : Gentle Man, Poetic Licence, Augmented Ego, Atir, Polygons, Shock Treatment, Cold Fusion, Fuzzy Logic, Still Life, Side Kicks, Major Attitude, Speed Trap, Out of Control, Real Magic

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Modern Chant, Paul Bley Trio, 1994, Venus Records

Tracks : The New You, Sweet Talk, Funhouse, Please Don't, Wisecracks, Spot, Russell, Digitant, Decompose, Loose Change

Musicians : Paul Bley, David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Emerald Blue, Paul Bley Trio, 1994, Venus Records

Tracks : Rainbow Cry, Orchid Smile, Emerald Blue, Hymn, Spiral 1, Spiral 2, Downward Spiral, Foolishly, Chanted Evening, Dialogue, Interiors, After Me

Musicians : Paul Bley, David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Moving Hearts: Piano Duos & Solos, Hans Lüdemann / Paul Bley, 1994, West Wind

Tracks : Gesture, Touching Inside, Roll It Up!, Warm, Morph, Colour Splashes With Points, Moving Hearts, Metamorph, First Rite Of Spring, The Tap, Blau Bley Plays With Blue Hands

Musicians : Hans Lüdemann, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Sweet Time, Paul Bley, 1994, Justin Time JUST 56

Tracks : Never Again, Contrary, Turnham Bay, Sweet Time, Lost Love, Turquoise, Pointillist, Started, As Beautiful As The Moon, Finale

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Double Time, Paul Bley / Jane Bunnett, 1994, Justin Time JUST 58

Tracks : Prequel, Sequel, B & B On The Rocks, Time Was, Neo Boogie, Music Matador, Foolishly, Green & Brown, Please Don't Ever Leave Me, Ballade, A Dozen Blues

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jane Bunnett

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Speachless, Paul Bley Quartet, 1995, Steeplechase SCCD 31363

Tracks : Dropped Stitch, Crystal Ball, In Walked Bud, Speachless, Love, Past Tense, Beau Didley, Love Is, Shorthand

Musicians : Paul Bley, Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Know Time, Paul Bley, 1995, Justin Time JUST 57

Tracks : Inception, Matrix, Reflection, Dialogue, Prologue, Evanessence, Seascape, Critical Mass, Soundings, Armoury, Cave Painting, Sympatico, Apparition

Musicians : Paul Bley, Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald

Recorded in Montreal in 1993.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Outside In, Paul Bley / Sonny Greenwich, 1995, Justin Time

Tracks : Sonics II, Horizons, Arrival, Now, Meandering, Willow, I Remember Harlem, Peel Street Blues, Steeplechase, You Are, These Foolish Things, Pent Up House

Musicians : Paul Bley, Sonny Greenwich

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Time Will Tell, Paul Bley / Evan Parker / Barre Phillips, 1995, ECM 1537

Tracks : Poetic Justice, Time Will Tell, Above The Tree Line, You Will, Oscar, You Will, Sprung, No Questions, Vine Laces, Clawback, Marsh Tides, Instance, Burlesque

Musicians : Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Reality Check, Paul Bley, 1996, Steeplechase SCCD 31379

Tracks : Reality Check, For George, It Isn't, Above You, I Surrender, Do Something, Swan Song

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Montmartre Live, Paul Bley, 1996, Steeplechase 7019/20

Tracks : Blues, Ostinato, The Theme, Ramblin', Albert's Love Theme, Ida Lupino, Music Matador, When Will the Blues Leave?, Vashkar, Ictus, Ictus, Pent-Up House, Diane, If I'm Lucky, Blues Waltz, Rebecca, All the Things You Are, If I Loved You, What'll I Do?, Willow Weep for Me

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jesper Lundgaard

Notes : Combines two live Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard album Live (1987) and Live Again (1987) with three bonus tracks.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


[Touché], Kenny Wheeler & Paul Bley, 1996, Justin Time 97

Tracks : Presto, Ouvre, Fausto, Doing Time, Mystique, Double Standard, Touché, Concours, Déjà Vu, Colour, Upscale, Prequel, Sortie

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Sankt Gerold, Paul Bley / Evan Parker / Barre Phillips, 1997, ECM 1609

Tracks : Variation 1, Variation 2, Variation 3, Variation 4, Variation 5, Variation 6, Variation 7, Variation 8, Variation 9, Variation 10, Variation 11, Variation 12

Musicians : Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips

Notes : Recorded at Monastery of Sankt Gerold in Austria in April 1996.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Mindset, Paul Bley / Gary Peacock, 1997, Soul Note

Tracks : Random Mist, Sunrise Sunlight, How Long, E. D. T., Back Lash, Duality, Juniper Blue, Meltdown, Heyday, Touching Bass, Flashpoint, Mindset, Where Can UB, Circle With The Hole In The Middle

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock

Recorded in Milan in April 1992.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Out Of Nowhere, Lee Konitz / Paul Bley, 1997, Steeplechase SCCD 31427

Tracks : I'll Remember April, Lover Man, Sweet And Lovely, I Can't Get Started, Out Of Nowhere, Don't Blame Me, I Want To Be Happy

Musicians : Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


October Meeting 1991: Anatomy Of A Meeting, Various Artists, 1997, Bimhuis Records

Tracks : Saturday, Blue Leaves, Castles For Carter (Excerpts), Another Sunday, Finish, Steel Pans, I Meet You, Obstinate / Geneurie

Notes : A CD of tracks recorded at the 9 day October Meeting 1991 festival which was based at BIMHUIS in Amsterdam. Paul Bley plays on the track Blue Leaves with Mark Dresser and Sunny Murray. This track was recorded on October 22, 1991.



album cover


Notes On Ornette, Paul Bley, 1998, Steeplechase SCCD 31437

Tracks : Turnaround, Lorraine, Crossroad, When will the blues leave, Compassion, Rejoicing, Aarp

Musicians : Paul Bley, Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Jazz 'n (E)Motion, Paul Bley, 1998, BMG France

Tracks : Laura, All The Things You Are, As Time Goes By, I Got Rhythm, Someday My Prince Will Come, What Is This Thing Called Love, It Might As Well Be Spring, Married Alive

Musicians : Paul Bley

Recorded at Studio La Buissonne in Pernes Les Fontaines on April 5, 1997. One of a small series of solo piano Jazz 'n (E)Motion release from BMG France.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Chaos, Paul Bley / Furio Di Castri / Tony Oxley, 1998, Soul Note

Tracks : Chaos, Touching Bass, Modulating, Soft Touch, Poetic Justice, Interpercussion 1, Touch Control, Turnham Bey, Street Wise, Bow Out, Starting Over, Interpercussion 2, Template

Musicians : Paul Bley, Furio Di Castri, Tony Oxley

Notes : Recorded in Milan in March 1994.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Not Two, Not One, Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian, 1999, ECM 1670

Tracks : Not Zero: In Three Parts, Entelechy, Now, Fig Foot, Vocal Tracked, Intente, Noosphere, Set Up Set, Dialogue Amour, Don't You Know, Not Zero: In One Part

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Echo, Paul Bley / Masahiko Togashi, 1999, SME

Tracks : Offhand, Noteworthy, Highstrung, Mispoke, Construct, Symmetry, Light, Primitivo, Osmosis, Indolence, Spirits, Desolet, Makeover, Exposures, Background, Snaps

Musicians : Paul Bley, Masahiko Togashi

Notes : Recorded live in Yokohama on June 10 & 11, 1999.

album cover


Basics, Paul Bley, 2001, Justin Time

Tracks : Love Lost, Basics, Speed Kills, Told You So, Lucky, Chet, Walk Home, Blues Waltz, Monk's Mood, Early Alben, Startled

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Annette, Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock, 2001, hatOLOGY 564

Tracks : Touching (Take 1), El Cordobes, Cartoon, Albert's Love Theme, Kid Dynamite, Miracles, Blood (Take 1), Annette, Both, Blood (Take 2), Mister Joy, Touching (Take 2)

Musicians : Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock

Notes : First released on hat ART in 1992 (hat ART 6118). Reissued on hatOLOGY in 2010 (hatOLOGY 674)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Nothing To Declare, Paul Bley, 2004, Justin Time

Tracks : Nothing to Declare, Breakdown, Blues Waltz, 8th Avenue

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Circles, Paul Bley, 2004, Milestone 47102

Notes : Brings together the two early 1970s Milestone albums Paul Bley's Synthesizer Show and Paul Bley & Scorpio.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Early Trios, Paul Bley, 2005, Fresh Sounds

Notes : A single CD set that collects together the two early Paul Bley albums: Introducing Paul Bley (1954) and Paul Bley (1955).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Solo in Mondsee, Paul Bley, 2007?, ECM 1786

Tracks : Mondsee Variations: I / II / III / IV / V / VI / VII / VIII / IX / X

Musicians : Paul Bley

Notes : Recorded live on June 25, 2001.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Florida, Paul Bley / Kresten Osgood, 2007, ILK Music

Tracks : Darkness, Light, Fluid Head, Arches, The Beaten Track, Told You So, Meeting Of The Minds, All The Things You Are, True Blue And Gold, Backlash

Musicians : Paul Bley, Kresten Osgood

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


About Time, Paul Bley, 2008, Justin Time

Tracks : About Time, Pent-Up House

Musicians : Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


12 (+6) In A Row, Paul Bley, 2008, hatOLOGY 649

Tracks : Solo 1, Trio 1, Solo 2, Trio 2, Solo 3, Trio 3, Duo 1, Duo 2, Duo 3, Solo 4, Trio 4, Solo 5, Trio 5, Solo 6, Trio 6, Solo 7, Trio 7, Solo 8

Musicians : Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Hans Koch

Notes : Recorded in 1990 and first released in 1991 (hat ART 6081).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Annette, Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock, 2010, hatOLOGY 674

Tracks : Touching (Take 1), El Cordobes, Cartoon, Albert's Love Theme, Kid Dynamite, Miracles, Blood (Take 1), Annette, Both, Blood (Take 2), Mister Joy, Touching (Take 2)

Musicians : Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock

Notes : First released on hat ART in 1992 (hat ART 6118). First released on hatOLOGY in 2001 (hatOLOGY 564)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Paul Bley, 2013, Black Saint / Soul Note

Notes : A 9 CD box set that brings together the albums: Sonor (1984), Tango Palace (1985), Hot (1986), Notes (1987), Mindset (1997), Live At Sweet Basil (1991), Memoirs (1990), Conversations With A Goose (1996), Chaos (1998). Some editions include a 10th CD: the 1993 Keshavan Maslak with Paul Bley album Not To Be A Star.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Play Blue: Oslo Concert, Paul Bley, 2014, ECM 2373

Tracks : Far North, Way Down South Suite, Flame, Longer, Pent-Up House

Musicians : Paul Bley

Notes : Recorded live at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2008.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Four Classic Albums, Paul Bley, 2016, Avid

Notes : A 2 CD set that collects together the three Paul Bley albums: Introducing Paul Bley (1954), Paul Bley (1955), and Solemn Meditation (1958), and the Jimmy Guiffre 3 album Fusion (1961).

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


When Will The Blues Leave?, Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian, 2019, ECM 2642

Tracks : Mazatlan, Flame, Told You So, Moor, Longer, Dialogue Amour, When Will The Blues Leave, I Loves You, Porgy

Musicians : Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian

Notes : Recorded live in Lugano in March 1999.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Passion Flower (For Doris Duke), Joe Castro / Various Artists, 2020, Sunnyside

Tracks : It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Joe Castro Trio), Blues For Nat (Joe Castro Trio), Minuet In Jazz (Joe Castro Trio), They Can't Take That Away From Me (Joe Castro Trio), St. Louis Blues (Joe Castro Trio), Dorshka (For Doris Duke) (Joe Castro Trio), Have You Met Miss Jones? (Joe Castro Trio), Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Joe Castro Trio), Zoot Blues (Joe Castro Trio), Black And Blue (What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue) (Joe Castro Trio), Jazzbo's Jaunt (Joe Castro Trio), Pennies From Heaven (Joe Castro Trio), Blues In The Closet (Joe Castro Trio), Straight Life (Joe Castro Trio), It's All Right With Me (Joe Castro Trio), Sometimes I'm Happy (Joe Castro Trio), Taking A Chance On Love (Joe Castro Trio), Blues Improvisation In F (Paul Bley), Ballad-Blues Improvisation In C (Paul Bley), Ballad Improvisation In F (Paul Bley), Salt Peanuts (Paul Bley), A Place In The Sun (Main Title) (Paul Bley), Willow Weep For Me (Paul Bley Trio), Time After Time (Paul Bley Trio), After You've Gone (Paul Bley Trio), Willow Weep For Me (Alternate Take) (Paul Bley Trio), Time After Time (Alternate Take) (Paul Bley Trio), Forgetful (Master Take) (Flo & George Handy), Will I Ever Learn? (Flo & George Handy), Leavin' Town (Master Take) (Flo & George Handy), Country Boy (Flo & George Handy), When You Are Near (Flo & George Handy), The Trouble With Me Is You (Flo & George Handy), You Wear Love So Well! (Flo & George Handy), Picnic In The Wintertime (Flo & George Handy), J.C. Blues (Joe Castro), Without You (Tres Palabras) (Joe Castro), Doodlin' (Joe Castro), Ev'rything I Love (Joe Castro), You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Joe Castro), If You Could See Me Now (Joe Castro), It's You Or No One (Joe Castro), Angel Eyes (Joe Castro), Caravan (Joe Castro), Prelude To A Kiss (Unissued) (Joe Castro), How High The Moon (Unissued) (Joe Castro), J.C. Blues (Unissued Alternate Take) (Joe Castro), J.C. Blues (Unissued Alternate Take) (Joe Castro), Doodlin' (Joe Castro), Doodlin' (Joe Castro), Groove Funk Soul (In & Out) (Joe Castro), Yesterdays (Joe Castro), Day-Dream (Joe Castro), Could Happen To You (Joe Castro), Play Me The Blues (Joe Castro), That's All (Joe Castro), Yesterdays (Unissued Alternate Take) (Joe Castro), Play Me The Blues (Unissued Alternate Take) (Joe Castro), Lover (Unissued) (Joe Castro), Day In - Day Out (Unissued) (Joe Castro), Daisy Mae (Whatever) (Joe Castro Trio), The Sidewalks Of New York (East Side, West Side) (Joe Castro Trio), Here's That Rainy Day (Joe Castro Trio), My Ship (Joe Castro Trio), I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Joe Castro Trio), One Life To Live (Joe Castro Trio), That Old Feeling (Joe Castro Trio), Cheek To Cheek (Joe Castro Trio), Fascinating Rhythm (Joe Castro Trio), Funky Blues (Joe Castro Trio), You Don't Know What Love Is (Joe Castro Trio), Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Joe Castro Trio), Sweet Lorraine (Joe Castro Trio), Get Out Of Town (Joe Castro Trio), Remind Me (Joe Castro Trio), Satin Doll (Joe Castro Trio), A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Joe Castro Trio), Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Joe Castro Trio), Lush Life (Joe Castro Trio), Passion Flower (Joe Castro Trio), Remind Me (Joe Castro Trio)

Notes : The previously unreleased Paul Bley tracks were recorded in 1956.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Touching & Blood Revisited, Paul Bley Trios, 2021, ezz-thetics 1108

Tracks : Cartoon, Touching, Start, Mazatalan, Closer, Both, Pablo, Blood

Musicians : Paul Bley, Kent Carter (tracks 1 to 7), Mark Levenson (track 8), Barry Altschul

Notes : Recorded in Copenhagen in November 1965 (tracks 1 to 7) and Haarlem in November 1966 (track 8). Tracks 1 to 7 were originally released on the album Touching (Debut/Fontana) in 1965. Track 8 was originally released on the album Blood: In Haarlem (Polydor) in 1967.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com

Paul Bley: sideman: main albums and selected single artist collections

Jazz In The Space Age, George Russell And His Orchestra, 1960, Decca

Tracks : Chromatic Universe Part 1, Dimensions, Chromatic Universe Part 2, The Lydiot, Waltz From Outer Space, Chromatic Universe Part 3

Musicians : George Russell (conductor), Alan Kieger, Ernie Royal, Mark "Marky" Markowitz, Bob Brookmeyer, Dave Baker, Frank Rehak, David Young, Hal McKusick, Walt Levinsky, Sol Schlinger, Jimmy Buffington, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, Barry Galbraith, Howard Collins, Milt Hinton, Charlie Persip, Don Lamond

Notes : Paul Bley plays on tracks 1, 3, 4 and 6.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Pre Bird, Charles Mingus, 1960, Mercury

Tracks : Take The "A" Train, Prayer For Passive Resistance, Eclipse, Mingus Fingus No. 2, Weird Nightmare, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Bemoanable Lady, Half-Mast Inhibition

Musicians : Charles Mingus, Clark Terry, Hobart Dotson, Marcus Belgrave, Ted Curson, Richard Williams, Charles Greenlee, Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton, Bill Barron, Booker Ervin, Joe Farrell, Yusef Lateef, Eric Dolphy, John LaPorta, Robert DiDomenica, Danny Bank, Harry Schulman, Don Butterfield, Paul Bley, Sir Roland Hanna, Charles McCracken, Dannie Richmond, George Scott, Sticks Evans

Notes : Subsequently released as Mingus Revisited.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Mingus, Charles Mingus, 1961, Candid CJM-8021/CJS-9021

Tracks : MDM, Stormy Weather, Lock 'Em Up

Musicians : Charles Mingus, Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer, Jimmy Knepper, Britt Woodman, Booker Ervin, Charlie McPherson, Eric Dolphy, Nico Bunick, Paul Bley, Dannie Richmond

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Fusion, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1961, Verve

Tracks : Scootin' About, Jesus Maria, Emphasis, In The Mornings Out There, Cry, Want, Trudgin', Used To Be, Brief Hesitation, Venture

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Subsequently released in 1992 on the ECM double CD release 1961.

album cover


Thesis, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1961, Verve

Tracks : Ictus, That's True, That's True, Sonic, Whirrrr, Carla, Goodbye, Flight, The Gamut

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Subsequently released in 1992 on the ECM double CD release 1961.

album cover


Essence, Don Ellis, 1962, Pacific Jazz PJ 55

Tracks : Johnny Come Lately, Slow Space, Ostinato, Donkey, Form, Angel Eyes, Irony, Lover

Musicians : Don Ellis, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Gene Stone, Nick Martinis

album cover


Sonny Meets Hawk!, Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins, 1963, RCA Victor

Tracks : Yesterdays, All The Things You Are, Summertime, Just Friends, Lover Man, At McKie's

Musicians : Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Paul Bley, Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Henry Grimes (tracks 3, 4 & 6), Roy McCurdy

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Free Fall, Jimmy Giuffre, 1963, Columbia

Tracks : Propulsion, Threewe, Ornothoids, Dichotomy, Man Alone, Spasmodic, Yggdrasill, Divided Man, Primordial Call, The Five Ways

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley (tracks 2, 6 & 10), Steve Swallow (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Mingus Revisited, Charles Mingus, 1965, Limelight 86015

Tracks : Take The "A" Train, Prayer For Passive Resistance, Eclipse, Mingus Fingus No. 2, Weird Nightmare, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Bemoanable Lady, Half-Mast Inhibition

Musicians : Charles Mingus, Clark Terry, Hobart Dotson, Marcus Belgrave, Ted Curson, Richard Williams, Charles Greenlee, Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton, Bill Barron, Booker Ervin, Joe Farrell, Yusef Lateef, Eric Dolphy, John LaPorta, Robert DiDomenica, Danny Bank, Harry Schulman, Don Butterfield, Paul Bley, Sir Roland Hanna, Charles McCracken, Dannie Richmond, George Scott, Sticks Evans

Originally released in 1960 as Pre Bird.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Communication, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, 1965, Fontana

Tracks : Roast, Day (Communications No. 4), Communications No. 5

Musicians : Mike Mantler, Ray Codrington, Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Bob Carducci, Jimmy Lyons, John Tchicai, Ken McIntyre, Robin Kenyatta, Steve Lacy, Fred Pirtle, Willie Ruff, Paul Bley, Kent Carter, Steve Swallow, Eddie Gomez, Barry Altschul, Milford Graves

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


I'm The One, Annette Peacock, 1972, RCA Victor

Tracks : I'm The One, 7 Days, Pony, Been & Gone, Blood, One Way, Love Me Tender, Gesture Without Plot, Did You Hear Me Mommy?

Musicians : Annette Peacock, Michael Moss, Tom Cosgrove, Michael Garson (tracks 1 & 5), Paul Bley (tracks 5 & 9), Apache Bley (track 9), Rick Morotta, Glen Moore (track 5), Laurence Cook (track 9), Airto Moreira, Barry Altschul, Domun Romao, Orestes Vilato

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


New York, N.Y. / Jazz In The Space Age, George Russell And His Orchestra, 1973, MCA

Tracks : LP 1 (New York, N.Y.): Manhattan, Big City Blues, Manhatta-Rico, East Side Medley: Autumn In New York/How About You, A Helluva Town / LP 2 (Jazz In The Space Age): Chromatic Universe Part 1, Dimensions, Chromatic Universe Part 2, The Lydiot, Waltz From Outer Space, Chromatic Universe Part 3

Notes : A double LP that combines the George Russell albums New York, N.Y. (1959) and Jazz In The Space Age (1960). Paul Bley plays on four tracks of the Jazz In The Space Age album.

album cover


Sweet Earth Flying, Marion Brown, 1974, Impulse! 9275

Tracks : Sweet Earth Flying: Part 1 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5, Eleven Light City: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Musicians : Marion Brown, Muhal Richard Abrams, Paul Bley, James Jefferson, Steve McCall, Bill Hasson

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Pastorius/Metheny/Ditmas/Bley (aka Jaco), Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley, 1976, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.46

Tracks : Vashkar, Poconos, Donkey, Vampira, Overtoned, Jaco, Batterie, King Korn, Blood

Musicians : Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Pyramid, Lee Konitz, 1977, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.45

Tracks : Pyramid, Out There, Talk To Me, Tavia, Longer Than You Know, Play Blue

Musicians : Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Connors

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Coleman Classics 1, Ornette Coleman/Paul Bley Quintet, 1978, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.52

Tracks : When Will The Blues Leave, Crossroads, Ramblin, How Deep Is The Ocean

Musicians : Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Giuffre/Konitz/Bley/Connors: IAI Festival, Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Connors, 1978, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.59

Tracks : Blues In The Closet, The Sad Time, Spanish Flames, Enter, Ivory, From Then To Them

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Bill Connors

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Time Being, Ralph Simon, 1980, Gramavision

Tracks : Blood Of The Dove, August 19, Endomegadecade, Julie And Julius, Regina Gabriella

Musicians : Ralph Simon, John Scofield, David Dunaway, Jabali Billy Hart, Tom Beyer



album cover


Montreal, 1953, Charlie Parker, 1983, Uptown UP 27.36

Tracks : Intro Chez Parée, Ornithology, Cool Blues, I'll Remember April, Moose The Mooche, Embraceable You, Now's The Time, Intro TV Program, Cool Blues, Bernie's Tune, Don't Blame Me, Wahoo (Perdido), Closing

Musicians : Charlie Parker, Brew Moore, Paul Bley, Steep Wade, Valdo Williams, Dick Garcia, Bob Rudd, Hal Gaylor, Neil Michaud, Billy Graham, Bobby Malloy, Ted Paskert Notes : Recorded live at Chez Parée and at CBC Studios in Montréal in February 1953.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


This Earth!, Alfred Harth, 1984, ECM 1264

Tracks : Female Is The Sun, Relation To Light, Colour And Feeling, Studying Walk, A Landscape, Body & Mentation, Energy: Blood/Air, Three Acts Of Recognition, Come Oekotopia, Waves Of Being, Transformate, Transcend Tones And Images

Musicians : Alfred Harth, Paul Bley, Barre Phillips, Trilok Gurtu, Maggie Nicols

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Night Bathers, Bob Mover Trio, 1986, Justin Time

Tracks : The Night Bathers, Berg-Like, Hélène, Suite In 4 Parts, We-Burn, Beach Music, Randomland, John's 1st Synthony, Fathoms, Sonny Claws, Angelica

Musicians : Bob Mover, Paul Bley, John Abercrombie



album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Out of Nowhere, Don Ellis, 1988, Candid CD 9032

Tracks : Sweet and Lovely, My Funny Valentine, I Love You, I'll Remember April, Just One of Those Things, You Stepped out of a Dream, All the Things You Are, Out of Nowhere

Musicians : Don Ellis, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Notes : Recorded in April 1961.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Complete Candid Recordings Of, Charles Mingus, 1989, Mosaic

Tracks : Folk Forms No. 1, Original Faubus Fables, What Love, All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother, Stormy Weather, Melody From The Drums, Reincarnation Of A Lovebird No. 1, Vasserlean, MDM, Bugs, Reincarnation Of A Lovebird No. 2, Lock 'Em Up, Mysterious Blues, Body And Soul, Body And Soul, R & R, Wrap Your Troubles Up In Dreams, Wrap Your Troubles Up In Dreams, Me And You

Musicians : Charles Mingus, Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer, Roy Eldridge, Britt Woodman, Jimmy Knepper, Booker Ervin, Charles McPherson, Eric Dolphy, Nico Bunink, Paul Bley, Tommy Flanagan, Dannie Richmond, Jo Jones

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


A White Line, Franz Koglmann, 1990, hat ART CD 6048

Tracks : A White Line, April In Vienna, Eccentric Shorty, Quapp, Festive Minor, The Fabel Of Mabel, Bley Play, Jambangle, Oof, Aristony, For Max, Out Of Nowhere, Free (Three) Again I-III, Je?, At The Jazz Band Ball

Musicians : Franz Koglmann, Tony Coe, Mario Arcari, Jean-Christophe Mastnak, Raoul Herget, Paul Bley, Helmut Federle, Burkhard Stangl, Klaus Koch, Gerry Hemingway

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Pieces Of..., Fredrik Lundin Quintet feat. Paul Bley, 1990, Stunt Records

Tracks : Tropisms, Pieces Part 1, Pieces Part 2, Pieces Part 3, Duet No. 2: Part 1/Part 2/Part 3, El Sueño, Duet No. 1, Solo Introduction, Pieces Part 4, Pieces Part 5

Musicians : Fredrik Lundin, Joakim Milder, Paul Bley, Christian Spering, Ole Rømer, Bent Clausen (track 6), Trine-Lise Væring (track 6)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


In The Myth, Yannick Rieu Ensemble, 1990, Justin Time

Tracks : Ouverture, In The Myth, D.T., Esquisse No.1, Esquisse No.2, Body And Soul, Pretexte, Esquisse No.3, Fusion, Monsieur Train, In The Myth (Solo)

Musicians : Yannick Rieu, Paul Bley, Normand Guilbeault, Michel Ratté



album cover


1961, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1992, ECM 1438/39

Tracks : Fusion: Jesus Maria, Emphasis, In The Mornings Out There, Scootin' About, Cry, Want, Brief Hesitation, Venture, Afternoon, Trudgin' / Thesis: Ictus, Carla, Sonic, Whirrrr, That's True, That's True, Goodbye, Flight, The Gamut, Me Too, Temporarily, Herb & Ictus

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

This music was originally released on two 1961 Verve albums: Fusion and Thesis.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Adventure Playground, John Surman, 1992, ECM 1463

Tracks : Only Yesterday, Fig Foot, Quadraphonic Question, Twice Said Once, Just For Now, As If We Knew, Twisted Roots, Duet For One, Seven

Musicians : John Surman, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Children Of Ibeji, Ivo Perelman, 1992, Enja 7005

Tracks : Mina Do Sante, O Morro, Chant For Logum, Oh! Que Noite Tao Bonita, Chant For Oshum, Chant For Oshala, Little Rocks Of Arunda, Toms Diner, Chant For Ibeji, Cantar

Musicians : Ivo Perelman, Don Pullen, Paul Bley, Brandon Ross, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, Manolo Badrena, Frank Colon, Guilherme Franco, Mor Thiam, Flora Purim, Ana Luisa De Moraes Azenha

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Fly Away Little Bird, Jimmy Giuffre / Paul Bley / Steve Swallow, 1992, Owl 068

Tracks : Fly Away Little Bird, Fits, I Can't Get Started, Qualude, Possibilities, Tumbleweed, All The Things You Are, Starts, Goodbye, Just Dropped By, Lover Man, Postlude, Sweet And Lovely, Bats In The Belfry

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Flight, Bremen 1961, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1993, hat ART CD 6071

Tracks : Call Of The Centaur, Posture, Sonic, Goodbye, Stretching Out (Suite For Germany), Cry, Want, Flight, That's True, That's True, Trance, Whirrrr

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Notes : Recorded in Bremen in November 1961.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1993, hat ART CD 6072

Tracks : Whirrrr, Emphasis, Sonic, Venture, Jesus Maria, Stretching Out, Carla, Cry, Want

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Recorded in Stuttgart in November 1961.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Rhapsody, Lee Konitz, 1993, Paddle Wheel

Tracks : I Hear A Rhapsody, Lo-Ko-Mo-And Frizz, The Aerie, Trio #1, All The Things You Are, Exposition

Notes : An album with a different line-up on each track (but probably not a compilation). Paul Bley plays on the track Exposition with Konitz, Jimmy Guiffre and Gary Peacock.



album cover


Not to Be a Star, Keshavan Maslak with Paul Bley, 1993, Black Saint 0149

Tracks : Trying Hard to Be, Star Trying, Too Hard to Be a Star, I Must Try, Not to Be, A Star, Try Hard Not To, Be a Star, Trying Hard to Be, A Human Being, Trying Hard to Be Human

Musicians : Keshavan Maslak, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Romance In The Big City, Keshavan Maslak & Paul Bley, 1993, Leo CD LR 104

Tracks : Romance In The Big City, Don't Lose Her, Jealous Passion, Someone For You, Tormented Rose, It Happens, Tender Your Eyes, Talk To Me, Baby, Junko's Dream, Bring Me Your Heart, Your Wife As Yourself, Lovely, Nuts

Musicians : Keshavan Maslak, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Darn It!, Paul Haines, 1993, American Clavé

Tracks : Threats That Matter, Curtsy, What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean, Funnybird Song, Outside The City, Art In Heaven, Rawalpindi Blues, Sticks In The Mud, There Aren't These Things Questionable All Over, Les Paramedicaux Erotiques, Jubilee, On The Way To Elsewhere And Here, Inexplicably, Poem For Gretchen Ruth, Just When I Thought, This Dedication, Threats That Count, What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean, Breakfast, Snow Variations On Darn It!, Darn It!, Route Doubt, Ask Me If You Know, Those Sweet Blue Olives Of Bombay, Hello, Mrs. Dressup, Third World Two Medley: She Was Showing Me / Boint Liver, Breakfast (Late), The Please Fasten Your Seatbelt Sign, Testing Testing, Darn It! Reprise (Down In Back!), Threats That Can't Read, C'Etait Dans La Nuit

Musicians: Paul Haines, Carmen Lundy, Mary Margaret O'Hara, DK Dyson, Paul Dutton, Alva Rogers, Silvana Deluigi, Michel Contat, Robert Wyatt, Paul Bley, Derek Baynes, Don Pullen, Daniel Frieberg, Wayne Horvitz, DD Jackson, Michael Snow, Peter Scherer, John Kamevaar, Steve Swallow, Lewis Barnes, Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, Henry Threadgill, David Sanchez, John Tchicai, Carlos Ward, Mike Veal, George Cartwright, John Oswald, Derek Bailey, Leo Nocentelli, Jesse Henry, Alex Chilton, Gary Lucas, Melvin Gibbs, Jack Bruce, Jay Stringer, David Hofstra, Fernando Saunders, Andy Gonzalez, Melvin Gibbs, Al Mattes, Tim Wright, Richard Harrington, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Robbie Ameen, Marque Gilmore, JT Lewis, Ignacio Berroa, Borneo Drummers, Bobby Previtte, Andrew Cyrille, Maryanne Lifchek, Ben Nitza

A double CD release of Paul Haines poems set to music by a wide range of composers and performed by a wide range of musicians.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Montreal Tapes, Charlie Haden, 1994, Verve

Tracks : Turnaround/When Will the Blues Leave?, New Beginning, Cross Road, So Far, So Good, Ida Lupino, Latin Genetics, Body Beautiful, Turnaround

Musicians : Charlie Haden, Paul Bley, Paul Motian

Recorded live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 7, 1989.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


What If, Bruce Ditmas, 1995, Postcards POST 1007

Tracks : Island Seven, What If, Clever Conversation, 3348: Big Easy A. Deep Blue Sleep, 3348: Big Easy B. Thursday Nite Special, 3348: Big Easy C. Voodoo Street Beat, Pulp, Power Surge, Don't Wake Me

Musicians : Bruce Ditmas, Sam Rivers, Paul Bley, John Abercrombie, Dominic Richards

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Conversations with a Goose, Jimmy Giuffre / Paul Bley / Steve Swallow, 1996, Soul Note

Tracks : Conversations With A Goose, The Flock Is In, Echo Through The Canyon, Three Ducks, Watchin' The River, Campfire, Cobra, Among The High Rocks, White Peaks, Calls In The Night, Lonely Days, Jungle Critters, Restless

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Recorded in Milan in May 1993.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Something About Water, Satoko Fujii, 1996, Libra Records

Tracks : Something About Water, Stream, The Surface Of It, Thought About Spring, Shadow, Light, Thawings, Strings, Waiting, Yad Nus, Lake

Musicians : Satoko Fujii, Paul Bley (tracks 1 to 8)

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Music For The Millennium, Ralph Simon And Magic Club, 1996, Postcards POST 1015

Tracks : Cousin Bruce, The Ballad Quartet Will Now Play Suite First Take, Dawn Tuning, Downhill Slalom, Rebecca's Twillight, Una Noche (Mi Centaurita), Sweet Sorrow (R Plays Blue), Ghosts of Goethals (WE...ARE...ROLLING!), Windsong, Are You Ready (Sextet for the End of Now), Blue In Green

Musicians : Ralph Simon, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Julian Priester, Bruce Ditmas, Alan Pasqua, Jeff Berman, Tom Beyer, Elizabeth Panzer, Michael DiSibio

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Out In The Open, Geordie McDonald, 1998, Sonovista Music

Tracks : Spanished, Unfolding, Margot, Casting, Bambooed, Out In The Open, Waves

Musicians : Geordie McDonald, Ron Allen, Paul Bley, Rob Piltch, David Piltch

album cover


Modern Surface, Stich Wynston with special guest Paul Bley, 1999, Buzz Records

Tracks : Kolbo, Mermonator, Catharsis, Environments I, Hamentosh McFarfel, Ravenna, Unaware Of The Sound She Was Making, The More Thing Change, The More They Stay The Same, Self Sacrifice, Portal, Feeschler, Looking Glass, Vertical Man, What Do You Want

Musicians : Stich Wynston, Mike Murley, Geoff Young, Paul Bley

album cover


Junko's Dream, Kenny Millions & Paul Bley, 2000, Hum Ha Records

Tracks : Junko's Dream, Tastes Like Dali, Romance In The Big City, Wake Up, Bop Heaven #1, Bop Heaven #2, Images Seen, Requiem To Be, Wet Dream

Musicians : Kenny Millions, Paul Bley

album cover


Seven, Yuri Honing, 2001, Jazz In Motion Records

Tracks : One Note Out, Yasutani, Hell's Kitchen, Bley Away, Lost Virginity, Once Is Twice, Vertical

Musicians : Yuri Honing, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Jazz Fantasy, Kenny Millions, 2002, Hum Ha Records

Tracks : Nothing But A Dream, The Fantasy, As A Dream, Great Memories, And The End Of The Dream

Musicians : Kenny Millions, Paul Bley (tracks 1 & 5), Sergey Kuryokhin (track 3)

album cover


Emphasis & Flight 1961, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, 2003, hatOLOGY 595

Tracks : CD 1 Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961: Whirrrr, Emphasis, Sonic, Venture, Jesus Maria, Stretching Out, Carla, Cry, Want / CD 2 Flight, Bremen 1961: Call Of The Centaur, Posture, Sonic, Goodbye, Stretching Out (Suite For Germany), Cry, Want, Flight, That's True, That's True, Trance, Whirrrr

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

A double CD recorded in Stuttgart and Bremen in November 1961.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


In The North, Andreas Willers with special guest Paul Bley, 2003, Between The Lines BTL 026

Tracks : Variations on Yggdrasill by Jimmy Giuffre, Carla, Divided Man, Mood, In the North, Motion, Face One, Face Two, The Train & The River, Voodoo, Glaswerk, Motif, Gotta Dance

Musicians : Andreas Willers, Paul Bley, Yves Robert, Horst Nonnenmacher

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Travelling Light(s), François Carrier, 2004, Justin Time

Tracks : Americas, Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, Sea, Island

Musicians : François Carrier, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Michel Lambert

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Sand Underfoot, Jeannette Lambert / Michel Lambert / Barre Phillips with special guest Paul Bley, 2006, Jazz From Rant

Tracks : Sand Underfoot, Beautiful Desert, Breakfast And Lunch, Theo's Place, Rim Of Fire: Suite I/Suite II/Suite III/Suite IV, Mountain Slide, Endless Walk, Desert Ride, Between Us, Provocation

Musicians : Jeannette Lambert, Michel Lambert, Barre Phillips, Paul Bley

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Contemplation, Benjamin Koppel, 2006, Cowbell Music

Tracks : Cadence En Forme D'une Baleinee, Gestures, Graphis, Plata/Quartet In Three Movements, Contemplating Coolness, Explain, Three-Part Contemplation, Solitude En Forme D'une Baleine, Hypothetic-Mythologic Whale Conversation, Off Hand, Ko-Udo-Suduko, Discours En Forme D'un Petit Violon, Foreplay, If It Sounds Good, Don't Stop, Anthem Of The Land Of Whales, Broke On China, This Is Jazz

Musicians : Benjamin Koppel, Paul Bley, Thommy Andersson, Marilyn Mazur, Peter Nilsson

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Boxing Day, John Bacon / Paul Bley, 2006, Jazz Dimensions Records

Tracks : Preset, Jump Start, Roll Reversal, Guesstimate, Sound Barrier, A Heavy Wait, Digression, No, Their There Now, Snow Din, Finality

Musicians : John Bacon, Paul Bley

album cover


Trio Arc, Mario Pavone, 2008, Playscape

Tracks : Slant, Hello Again, Quest, Miro, Lazzi, Sweet, Solo Bley

Musicians : Mario Pavone, Paul Bley, Matt Wilson

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Paul Motian, 2010, Black Saint / Soul Note

Notes : A 6 CD box set that brings together four Paul Motian albums: The Story Of Maryam, Jack Of Clubs, Misterioso, and One Time Out; together with the Paul Bley / Paul Motian album Notes and the Enrico Pieranunzi / Paul Motian album Flux And Change.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Geechee Recollections / Sweet Earth Flying, Marion Brown, 2011

A CD release that combines two albums originally released in 1973 and 1974. Paul Bley plays on the Sweet Earth Flying album.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


BRO/KNAK, Jakob Bro & Thomas Knak, 2012, Loveland Records

Tracks : Side A (Jakob Bro): Northern Blues Variation No. I, Color Sample, Epilog / Side B (Jakob Bro): G Major Song, Izu, Roots, Mild / Side C (Jakob Bro): Roots Piano Variation, Northern Blues Variation No. II / Side D (Jakob Bro): Etched Artwork) / Side E (Thomas Knak): Northern Blues Variation No. II Rebuild No. I, Roots Rebuild, G Major Song Rebuild, Izu Rebuild, Color Sample Rebuild / Side F (Thomas Knak): Epilog Rebuild, Mild Rebuild No. I, Mild Rebuild No. II, Northern Blues Variation No. II Rebuild No. II

Musicians :Paul Bley plays on Roots Piano Variation on side C of this triple LP release.

album cover


The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Jimmy Guiffre, 2012, Black Saint / Soul Note

Notes : A 4 CD box set that brings together three Jimmy Giuffre 4 albums: Dragonfly, Quasar and Liquid Dancers, and the Jimmy Giuffre / Paul Bley / Steve Swallow album Conversations With A Goose.

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


In The Beginning 1963-1964, Pharoah Sanders, 2012, ESP Disk 4069

Tracks : CD 1: Interview - Coming To New York (Pharoah Sanders), Cocktail Piece (First Variation) Take 1 (The Don Cherry Quintet), Cocktail Piece (First Variation) Take 2 (The Don Cherry Quintet), Studio Announcement (The Don Cherry Quintet), Cherry's Dilemma (The Don Cherry Quintet), Studio Engineer Announcement (The Don Cherry Quintet), Remembrance (First Variation) (The Don Cherry Quintet), Medley: Thelonious Monk Compositions: Light Blue/Coming On The Hudson/Bye-Ya/Ruby My Dear (The Don Cherry Quintet), Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 1 (Don Cherry), Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 2 (Don Cherry), Interview - 1960's Avant Garde (Paul Bley), Generous 1 Take 1 (Setting Levels) (The Paul Bley Quartet), Generous 1 Take 2 (The Paul Bley Quartet), Walking Woman Take 1 (The Paul Bley Quartet), Walking Woman Take 2 (The Paul Bley Quartet), Ictus (The Paul Bley Quartet), Note: After Session Conversation (The Paul Bley Quartet) / CD 2: Interview Musicians He Performed With Pt. 1 (Pharoah Sanders), Interview Meeting Pharoah Sanders (Bernard Stollman), Seven By Seven (The Pharoah Sanders Quintet), Bethera (The Pharoah Sanders Quintet), Interview Musicians He Performed With Pt. 2 (Pharoah Sanders) / CD 3: Interview - Meeting Sun Ra (Pharoah Sanders), Dawn Over Israel (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Shadow World (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Second Stop Is Jupiter (Sun Ra Arkestra), Discipline #9 (Sun Ra Arkestra), We Travel The Spaceways (Sun Ra Arkestra) / CD 4: Sun Ra Interview - Being Neglected As An Artist (Sun Ra), Gods On Safari (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Shadow World (Sun Ra Arkestra), Rocket #9 (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Voice Of Pan Pt. 1 (Sun Ra Arkestra), Dawn Over Israel (Sun Ra Arkestra), Space Mates (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Voice Of Pan Pt. 2 (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Talking Drum (Sun Ra Arkestra), Conversation With Saturn (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Next Stop Mars (Sun Ra Arkestra), The Second Stop Is Jupiter (Sun Ra Arkestra), Pathway To The Outer Known (Sun Ra Arkestra), Interview - Meeting John Coltrane (Sun Ra), Interview - John Coltrane (Pharoah Sanders), Interview - Playing At Slug's / Max Gordan (Pharoah Sanders), Interview - Closing Comments (Pharoah Sanders)

Notes : A 4 CD set of early Pharoah Sanders recordings including previously unreleased sets with the Don Cherry Quintet and the Paul Bley Quartet. The Paul Bley tracks are tracks 12 to 16 on CD 1: The quartet on these tracks is: Paul Bley, Pharoah Sanders, David Izenzon and Paul Motian. The tracks were recorded on May 25, 1964. The Paul Bley are preceded on the CD by a two and a half minute excerpt from an interview with Paul Bley.

album cover


Bremen & Stuttgart 1961, Jimmy Giuffre 3, 2016, Emanem 5208

Tracks : CD 1: Call Of The Centaur, Postures, Sonic, Goodbye, Suite For Germany, Cry, Want, Flight, That's True, That's True, Jesús Maria, Carla, Whirrrr, Venture / CD 2: Trance, Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues Are, I Can't Get Started, Compassion For P.B., Whirrrr, Emphasis, Sonic, Venture, Jesús Maria, Suite For Germany, Carla, Cry, Want, Trudgin' (Original Take), Used To Be

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Notes : CD 1 and the first 4 tracks on CD 2 recorded in Bremen on November 23, 1961. The remainder of CD recorded in Stuttgart on November 7, 1961. Some of the tracks were originally released on Flight (1993) and Emphasis (1993). Six of the tracks are released here for the first time.

album cover


Graz Live 1961, Jimmy Guiffre 3, 2019, ezz-thetics 1001

Tracks : Ictus, Brief Hesitation, The Gamut, Suite For Germany, Trance, Cry, Want, Carla, Whirrr, Temporarily, Scootin' About, That's True, That's True

Musicians : Jimmy Guiffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow

Notes : Recorded live in Graz on October 27, 1961.

album cover


Free Fall Clarinet 1962 Revisited, Jimmy Giuffre, 2021, ezz-thetics 1119

Tracks : Motion Suspended, Propulsion, Threewe, Ornothoids, Dichotomy, Man Alone, Spasmodic, Yggdrasill, Divided Man, Primordial Call, The Five Ways

Musicians : Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 11), Steve Swallow (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11)

Notes : Most of the tracks originally released on Free Fall (1963). Recorded on July 9, October 10, and November 1, 1962.

album cover

Paul Bley: miscellaneous related albums

Homage To Paul Bley, Arrigo Cappelletti / Furio Di Castri / Bruce Ditmas, 2015, Leo CD LR 732

Tracks : Homage to Paul Bley, Dialogue, Breaks, Ashes, Bluesy, Hot Music, Changes, Coral, Pannonica & Crepuscule with Nellie, Monk's Fantasy, Refugee Blues, Durate, Lyric Tango

Musicians : Arrigo Cappelletti, Furio Di Castri, Bruce Ditmas

album cover
Buy from amazon.com


Last updated June 2022