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Alone, Again

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Released
  
1975

Studio
  
Bendiksen Studio, Oslo

Length
  
36:56

Recorded
  
August 8–9, 1974

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Improvising Artists IAI 373840

Quiet Song is a solo piano album by Paul Bley, recorded in Norway in 1974 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1975.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars noting "Bley stayed mainly in the piano's center, creating nimble melodies, working off them and crafting alternate directions or intriguing counterpoints. It was intellectual, occasionally stiff, but never dull or detached".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except where noted.

  1. "Olhos de Gato" (Carla Bley) - 4:29
  2. "Ballade" - 5:54
  3. "And Now the Queen" (Carla Bley) - 3:06
  4. "Glad" - 5:08
  5. "Lovers" - 5:34
  6. "Dreams" (Annette Peacock) - 5:57
  7. "Explanations" - 6:48

Personnel

  • Paul Bley - piano
  • References

    Alone, Again Wikipedia