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Axis (Paul Bley album)

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Released
  
1978

Axis (1977)
  
Tears (1983)

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Improvising Artists Inc.

Length
  
30:15

Artist
  
Paul Bley

Producer
  
Paul Bley

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 1–3, 1977 Axis in Soho, NYC

Similar
  
Paul Bley albums, Jazz albums

Pb axis porgy


Axis is a live solo album by pianist Paul Bley recorded in New York in 1977 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label the following year.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of Bley's most painterly and moving solo dates". The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a meditative and in some ways rather melancholy set" and "an intriguing blend of styles and ideas".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

  1. "Axis" - 16:01
  2. "Porgy" (George Gershwin) - 3:38
  3. "Music Matador" (Prince Lasha) - 4:48
  4. "El Cordobes-Please Don't Ever Leave Me" - 5:48

Personnel

  • Paul Bley - piano

    • Songs

    1Axis16:00
    2Porgy3:35
    3Music Matador4:45

    References

    Axis (Paul Bley album) Wikipedia
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