brownie Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Excellent news from Paul Bley! Thanks, Allen for infilling us! Paul is one of the nicest musician I ever met. And one of the most articulate! Laton, that GNP album 'Solemn Meditation'is excellent early Bley. Beautifil rendition of 'I Remember Harlem' on it. There's Dave Pike, a very young Charlie Haden and Lennie McBrowne on drums. Liner notes to my vinyl - it looks better than the one on the image you posted - has liner notes by one Carla Borg. That Carla Borg also penned one composition for this album 'O Plus One'. Carla Borg ?!? Quote
Late Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Carla Borg ?!? Borg was Carla Bley's maiden name. Quote
brownie Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Carla Borg ?!? Borg was Carla Bley's maiden name. I knew that Just funny to catch her maiden name on liner notes! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Laton, that GNP album 'Solemn Meditation'is excellent early Bley. Beautifil rendition of 'I Remember Harlem' on it. There's Dave Pike, a very young Charlie Haden and Lennie McBrowne on drums. Liner notes to my vinyl - it looks better than the one on the image you posted - has liner notes by one Carla Borg. That Carla Borg also penned one composition for this album 'O Plus One'. Yeah, I dig that one too. Charlie Haden's first recording, IIRC. Quote
David Ayers Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 (edited) just to add a little Paul Bley news; he called me about a month ago to see he's just had hip-replacement surgery and is feeling great - So who can I call to see if I have had hip replacement therapy. I mean, I don't think I have, but... I need to really know for sure... Edited March 22, 2007 by David Ayers Quote
Martin Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 I don't have any Paul Bley albums. In fact, I'm not even sure I know what Paul Bley's playing sounds like. 1. Should I be ashamed? Considering the replies, and I support most of the above suggestions, you should! P.S. I also love a lesser known but excellent record Paul Bley Trio, on Radio Canada International label, recorded in Montral 1968, with Mario Pavone on bass and Barry Altschul on drums That one is hopelessly oop, I guess? Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 just to add a little Paul Bley news; he called me about a month ago to see he's just had hip-replacement surgery and is feeling great - I hope Paul gets all due credit re- his important place in jazz history; he's also a nice and fascinating (and opinionated - in the good way) guy - ....birds of a feather......... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 I don't have any Paul Bley albums. In fact, I'm not even sure I know what Paul Bley's playing sounds like. 1. Should I be ashamed? Considering the replies, and I support most of the above suggestions, you should! P.S. I also love a lesser known but excellent record Paul Bley Trio, on Radio Canada International label, recorded in Montral 1968, with Mario Pavone on bass and Barry Altschul on drums That one is hopelessly oop, I guess? I doubt it's on CD, though it was pressed at least twice on LP (there are two jackets for it). I'm not sure how those RCI things worked - if they were commercially distributed or not - but it's worth seeking out if you can do vinyl. My deepgroove wasn't cheap, though. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 A jazz archivist's (and I mean literally, archivist) wet dream: Bley Archive Quote
JSngry Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 A jazz archivist's (and I mean literally, archivist) wet dream: Bley Archive Holy shit... LOTS of recordings from the Hillcrest... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Yeah, but I'm also a sucker for correspondence and clippings... Quote
AllenLowe Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 I walk away for a few hours and everybody's making fun of me - actually, Paul's a little near sighted and he wanted me to make sure he had a scar - Quote
six string Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 Nice to see this thread pop up after a few years of hiding (before I was on the board). I only have Introducing Paul Bley on Debut and Not Two, Not One on ECM, and the Montreal date with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. I think I should listen to the Debut lp and reacquaint myself, as it's been a while. I agree with the Jarrett comparison. I never thought about it before, but yeah, that's as close to someone else as he gets to my ears. Thanks to all the suggestions, I have a list to work from too. Quote
fomafomic65 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) The Chadbourne review seems fine to me, he's simply commenting on the BYG reissue of the album. Is Footloose currently in print? If so, it's an excellent place to start with Bley. Great, great music, & yeah, you can tell that JArrett copped a lot off this album in particular. Another favourite Bley performance is his duet with Bill Evans on George Russell's Jazz in the Space Age--easily the most way-out thing Evans ever did. -- & Bley's performances on that Giuffre 2fer from Hatology are extraordinary, even better than the studio albums. Agree, these are very important records, music I'm listening to from the '80s without any bore. I think another landmark in Bley's music is his contribution in the Sonny Rollins group (early '60 RCA years) that produced the epocal "Sonny Meets Hawk". That Charlie Haden Montreal Tapes cd dedicated to the Bley/Haden/Motian is magical music for me (and magical live captured sound). Edited March 28, 2007 by ArmandoPeraza Quote
AllenLowe Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Bley has very amusing stories about the whole Sonny Meets Hawk session - I think it's in his book, but to summarize quickly, Sonny was trying to throw Hawkins off, confuse him so he'd get lost; Hawkins stood next to Bley and had Paul cue him in in the right places. I love strories like these; Rollins, for all his diffidence on the record about musical matters, is the most competitive of musicians. Quote
medjuck Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 He not only was the first guy to hire Ornette, but was playing "free" duets with a trumpeter (whose name escapes me) in the 1950s - That was probably Herbie Spanier(sp?) a fellow Canadian. When saw Imagine the Sound a cojuple of weeks ago I was struck by how much I liked Bley's playing in it. (And that was after some spectacular Cecil Taylor.) BTW Is there a cd available of his group with Ornette? Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Sometimes it almost seems like he needs or wants to document everything. He did, and does. Unfortunately hundreds of tapes were lost in the aforementioned fire - and how many versions of "Ida Lupino" do you think the trio(s) did? Lots... and i love every one i've heard. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 his 'open to love' blew my mind the first time i heard it, and still does. and there is so much more. what about his jaco group? Quote
AllenLowe Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 ther Ornette sessions from the Hillcrest have been on CD (I have one issued from Italy), but they come and go very quickly - and yes, it was Spanier - Paul told me he has a tape somewhere of them playing "free" in the 1950s, but I'm not sure that he's been able to find it - Quote
medjuck Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Think some stuff with Herbie is in the archive. Quote
fkimbrough Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 (edited) Bley, Spanier, and drummer/percussionist Geordie McDonald made a CD for the Justin Time label. It's called "Know Time", and was recorded in '93. It was released in '95. It says in the liner notes that their duo recordings from the '50's were lost. Edited March 29, 2007 by fkimbrough Quote
medjuck Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Probably correct. The first tape form LA in the ARchive includes Spanier but it seems to be with the qunitet including Ornette. Funny I heard Spanier in Montreal in the early sixties and my memory is that he was not very avant garde. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 These are the Paul Bley recordings as leader that I most enjoy. Early Trios - Fresh Sound Footloose (trio) - Savoy If We May (trio) - Steeplechase The Nearness Of You (trio) - Steeplechase Bebop (trio) - Steeplechase My Standard (trio) - Steeplechase Live Again (duo) - Steeplechase Solo Piano - Steeplechase Quote
ep1str0phy Posted April 10, 2007 Report Posted April 10, 2007 Whoa, interesting seeing Lasha in that mix. Thanks, Late. As for the Hillcrest stuff--an early shot at part of "Focus On Sanity"? "Ruby, My Dear"? Sheeeeiiiit... Quote
Late Posted April 10, 2007 Report Posted April 10, 2007 Yeah, and Lasha on tenor? And bass (rather than alto) clarinet? (Still curious about Lasha's West Coast connection with Coltrane ... ) Quote
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