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Released
  
1997

Length
  
49:01

Flight of the Blue Jay(1996)
  
Trio 2000 + One(1997)

Label
  
Winter & Winter

Recorded
  
August 20 & 21, 1996

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Release date
  
1997

Genre
  
Jazz

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Artist
  
Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band

Similar
  
Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band albums, Jazz albums

Flight of the Blue Jay is an album by Paul Motian released on the German Winter & Winter label in 1997 and featuring performances of bebop jazz standards by Motian with the Electric Bebop Band. The album is the group's third release following the 1992 album Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band and the 1995 album Reincarnation of a Love Bird.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "overall, this date falls short of being memorable".

Track listing

  1. "Flight of the Blue Jay" (Paul Motian) - 3:05
  2. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:31
  3. "Brad's Bag" (Kurt Rosewinkle) - 5:48
  4. "Celia" (Bud Powell) - 5:04
  5. "The Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:49
  6. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 4:27
  7. "Light Blue" (Monk) - 3:02
  8. "Conception" (George Shearing) - 5:28
  9. "East Coast" (Rosewinkel) - 5:33
  10. "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) - 3:07
  11. "Work" (Monk) - 6:07
  • Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City on August 20 & 21, 1996

    • Personnel

  • Paul Motian - drums
  • Chris Potter - tenor saxophone
  • Chris Cheek - tenor saxophone
  • Brad Schoeppach - electric guitar
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel - electric guitar
  • Steve Swallow - electric bass

    • Songs

    1Flight of the Blue Jay3:06
    2Pannonica4:33
    3Brad's Bag5:51

    References

    Flight of the Blue Jay Wikipedia
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