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Introducing Paul Bley

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Released
  
1953

Length
  
39:43

Artist
  
Paul Bley

Label
  
Debut Records

Recorded
  
November 30, 1953

Introducing Paul Bley (1953)
  
Paul Bley (1954)

Release date
  
1953

Genre
  
Jazz

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Paul Bley albums, Jazz albums

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Introducing Paul Bley is the debut album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1953 and released on Charles Mingus' Debut label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Paul Bley may not have been distinctive this early on but he clearly had a potentially strong future". The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "that astonishing debut with Mingus and Blakey on which he sounds edgy and a little cautious on the standards but absolutely secure in his technique".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated
  1. "Opus 1" - 4:08
  2. "Opus 1 (Alternate Take)" - 3:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "(Teapot) Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 4:28
  4. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) - 4:03
  5. "Spontaneous Combustion" – 4:15
  6. "Split Kick" (Horace Silver) - 3:05
  7. "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 3:37
  8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 3:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "The Theme" (Unknown) - 3:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Zootcase" (Zoot Sims) - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded in New York City on November 30, 1953.

    • Personnel

  • Paul Bley — piano
  • Charles Mingus — bass
  • Art Blakey — drums

    • Songs

    1Opus 1 (alternate take)3:27
    2Opus 14:13
    3(Teapot) Walkin'4:33

    References

    Introducing Paul Bley Wikipedia
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