nothing to declare

[alocispepraluger102]

anyone read it yet?

[marcello]

I didn't know there was a book by that name. Is it new?

If you mean: "Stopping Time: Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz", I've read that, but it got lent it to Todd Barkan who never gave it back.

I liked the book a lot.

[JohnS]

Another for "Stopping Time"

[Tom Storer]

Is this a book for musicians, or is it one a lay person could get into?

[JohnS]

Is this a book for musicians, or is it one a lay person could get into?

"Stopping Time" is a fascinating read. Nothing technical.

[Tom Storer]

Thanks, John. I'll order it.

[fkimbrough]

There's another Bley book that is well worth checking out - "Time Will Tell" - conversations with Paul Bley, by Norman Meehan, a musicologist who is head of Jazz Studies at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. This book is an excellent companion to "Stopping Time", and well worth its price ($13.95). It's published by Berkeley Hills Books, and distributed by Publishers Group West. There may be some info on it at Paul's website. There's also another book on Bley (in Italian, don't know if there are plans for an English translation) by Italian pianist Arrigo Cappilletti - I think there's info on that one at Bley's site too. For the completist, there's a discography (up until around '93, I think called "Bley Play" by Henk Kluck. I think it's still available from Cadence.

[Chuck Nessa]

Knowing Paul a bit, I'd say there is potential for 15 or 16 tomes.

[AllenLowe]

Bley is smart, and in conversations has a tendency to tell you how to do everything - a bit of a know-it-all, but than, he does know a lot - good guy, and full of insight. And how can you fault a guy who hired Ornette Coleman in 1957, and who was playing free jazz even prior to that? I figure that he's earned his right to proselytize -

Edited September 16, 2006 by AllenLowe

[alocispepraluger102]

the first bley i heard was open to love in 73 and i had never heard anything like it. then i heard a 25 minute version of mr. joy, and i am still discovering dozens and dozens of his works 33 years later, and i am sure i have missed many.

are there some vital recordings i need to check out?