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Japan Suite

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Released
  
1977

Producer
  
Carol Goss & Paul Bley

Label
  
Improvising Artists Inc.

Length
  
31:51

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 25, 1976 Yamaha Music Festival, Nemu No Sato, Shima, Mie, Japan

Artists
  
Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul

Songs
  
Japan Suite I, Japan Suite II

Similar
  
Paul Bley albums, Jazz albums

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Japan Suite is a live album by pianist Paul Bley, drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Gary Peacock recorded in Japan in 1976 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1977.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars noting the performance is "certainly more fiery than many of the other recordings by the trio and has its colorful moments". The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a set of remarkable intensity, even by the standards of these fiery players".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

  1. "Japan Suite I" - 19:22
  2. "Japan Suite II" - 12:26

Personnel

  • Paul Bley - piano
  • Gary Peacock - bass
  • Barry Altschul - drums, percussion
  • References

    Japan Suite Wikipedia