Paul Motian discography

As leader

Conception Vessel (ECM, 1973)

Tribute (ECM, 1974)

Dance (ECM, 1977)

Le Voyage (ECM, 1979)

Psalm (ECM, 1982)

The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1984)

Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1985)

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)

Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986)

One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987)

Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988)

On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)

On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1989)

Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)

Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)

On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1991)

Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (JMT, 1992)

Trioism (JMT, 1993)

Reincarnation of a Love Bird (JMT, 1994)

At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)

Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 [1997])

Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1998)

Trio 2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 [1999])

Play Monk and Powell (Winter & Winter, 1998 [1999])

Europe (Winter & Winter, 2000 [2001])

Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2001 [2002])

I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004 [2005])

Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004 [2007])

On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (Winter & Winter, 2005)

Time and Time Again (ECM, 2006)

Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2007])

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2008])

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2010])

On Broadway Volume 5 (Winter & Winter, 2009)

Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010)

The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter, 2011)

Compilations

Selected Recordings (ECM, 2004)

Box Sets

Paul Motian (Compr. the four albums for Soul Note, CAM Jazz, 2010)

Paul Motian on Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Rec. 1988–2008, Winter & Winter, 2012)

Old & New Masters Edition: Paul Motian (Six albums rec. 1972–1984, ECM, 2013)

With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock)

First Meeting (Winter & Winter, 1990–91, [1997])

Tethered Moon (King/Paddle Wheel, 1992, Evidence, 1993)

Triangle (King/Paddle Wheel, 1993)

Plays Jimi Hendrix+ (JASRAC/Polydor, 1997)

Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (JMT, 1995; reissued on Winter & Winter, 2005)

Chansons d’Édith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999)

Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2004)

As sideman

With Michael Adkins

Rotator (HatHut, 2008) with Russ Lossing and John Hébert

With Geri Allen and Charlie Haden

In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989)

Segments (DIW, 1989)

Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991)

With Mose Allison

Wild Man on the Loose (Atlantic, 1965)

With Tim Berne

Songs and Rituals in Real Time (Empire, 1982; reissue by Screwgun, 1998) with Mack Goldsbury and Ed Schuller

The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1982) with Ray Anderson, Mack Goldsbury, C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller

Mutant Variations (Soul Note, 1984) with C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller

With Samuel Blaser

Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue, 2011) with Russ Lossing and Thomas Morgan

With Paul Bley

Turns (Savoy, 1964) with John Gilmore and Gary Peacock (also in part on Improvising Artists’ Turning Point, 1975)

Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970)

Fragments (ECM, 1986) with Bill Frisell and John Surman

Notes (Soul Note, 1987)

The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987) with Bill Frisell and John Surman

Memoirs (Soul Note, 1990) with Charlie Haden

Zen Palace (Transheart, 1993) with Steve Swallow

Not Two, Not One (ECM, 1998) with Gary Peacock

With Salvatore Bonafede

Plays (Ken Music, 1991) with Marc Johnson

For the Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2006) with Joe Lovano, Michele Rabbia, Mark Dresser and Adam Rogers

With Jakob Bro

Balladeering (Loveland, 2009) with Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz and Ben Street

With Bob Brookmeyer

Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)

With Guillaume de Chassy and Daniel Yvinec

Songs from the Last Century (Bee Jazz, 2009) with Marc Murphy

With Anders Christensen

Dear Someone (Stunt, 2010) with Aaron Parks

With Marc Copland

New York Trio Recordings Vol.2: Voices (Pirouet, 2007) with Gary Peacock

With Chick Corea and Eddie Gómez

Further Explorations (Universal Japan, 2011; international release by Concord Jazz, 2012)

With Eddie Costa

Eddie Costa Quintet (Interlude, 1957)

Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral/Verve, 1958) with Bill Evans, Wendell Marshall

The House of Blue Lights (Dot, 1959) with Wendell Marshall

With Marilyn Crispell

Live in Zurich (Leo, 1990)

Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)

Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)

Storyteller (ECM, 2003)

With Furio Di Castri plus Joe Lovano Quartet

Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988)

With Jakob Dinesen

Around (Stunt, 2001) with Kurt Rosenwinkel

Dino (Stunt, 2009) with Anders Christensen

With Bill Evans

New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside, 1957)

Portrait in Jazz (Riverside, 1959)

Explorations (Riverside, 1961)

Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961)

Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1962)

How My Heart Sings! (Riverside, 1962)

Moon Beams (Riverside, 1962)

Nirvana with Herbie Mann (Atlantic, 1962)

Trio '64 (Verve, 1963)

With Pierre Favre

Singing Drums (ECM, 1984)

With Anat Fort

A Long Story (ECM, 2004 [2007])

With Bill Frisell

Rambler (ECM, 1985)

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch, 2006) - Download exclusive

With Larry Goldings

Awareness (Warner Bros, 1997) with Larry Grenadier

With Alexandra Grimal

Owls Talk (Aparte/Harmonia Mundi, 2012) with Lee Konitz and Gary Peacock

With Charlie Haden

Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969)

Closeness (Horizon/Verve, 1976)

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982)

Etudes (Soul Note, 1987) with Geri Allen

The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 [2000])

The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])

The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])

The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1994])

The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Verve, 1989 [1997])

Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1989)

With Yuri Honing

Seven (Jazz in Motion, 2001) with Paul Bley and Gary Peacock

With Keith Jarrett

With Masabumi Kikuchi (see also Tethered Moon)

Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan

With Frank Kimbrough

Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi

With Lee Konitz

Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1959 [1994])

With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden

Live at Birdland (ECM, 2009)

With Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow

Three Guys (Enja, 1999)

With Rudy Linka

Songs with Larry Grenadier

With Russ Lossing

Dreamer (Double Time, 2000)

As It Grows (HatHut, 2004)

With Joe Lovano

Village Rhythm (Soul Note, 1988) with Kenny Werner, Tom Harrell and Marc Johnson

Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989)

I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz

Joyous Encounters (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz

With Joe Lavano Wind Ensemble

Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989; reissued by Evidence Music, 1995) with Bill Frisell, Tim Hagens, Gary Valente, Judi Silvano, Henri Texier

With Bill McHenry

Bill McHenry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2002)

Roses (Sunny Side, 2007)

Ghosts of the Sun (Sunny Side, 2011)

With Sam Most

Most Plays Monk Bird & Miles (Bethlehem (US), Parlophone (UK), 1958)

With Simon Nabatov

Circle the Line (GM, 1986) and Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci

With Stéphan Oliva and Bruno Chevillon

Fantasm - The Music of Paul Motian (BMG France/RCA Victor, 2000)

Intérieur nuit (Night Bird, 2002)

With John Patitucci

One More Angel (Concord, 1997)

With Enrico Pieranunzi

Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson

Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995)

The Night Gone By (Alfa Jazz, 1996) with Marc Johnson

Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz, 2003) with Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden

Doorways (CAM Jazz, 2004) with Chris Potter

Special Encounter (CAM Jazz, 2005) with Charlie Haden

New York Reflections: Live at Birdland (CAM Jazz, 2012) with Steve Swallow

Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz, 2013) with Marc Johnson

With Augusto Pirodda

No Comment (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) with Gary Peacock

With Enrico Rava

Tati (ECM, 2004)

New York Days (ECM, 2008)

With Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Discovery: Live at Montreux (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1991) with Charlie Haden

With Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik

Two Miles a Day (Yeah Yeah, 2005) with Mat Maneri

With Saheb Sarbib

Seasons (Soul Note, 1982) with Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison

With Zoot Sims

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (United Artists, 1959) with Al Cohn and Phil Woods

With Martial Solal

Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997) with Gary Peacock

Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note, 1999) with Marc Johnson

With Martin Speake

Change of Heart (ECM, 2002) with Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton

With Bobo Stenson

Goodbye (ECM, 2005) with Anders Jormin

With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock)

First Meeting (Recorded 1990–91, Winter & Winter, 1997)

Tethered Moon (King/Paddle Wheel, 1992; Evidence, 1993)

Triangle (King/Paddle Wheel, 1993)

Play Kurt Weill (JMT, 1995; Winter & Winter, 2005)

Plays Jimi Hendrix+ (JASRAC/Polydor, 1997)

Chansons d'Edith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999)

Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2004)

With Henri Texier

Respect (Label Bleu, 1997) with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow

With Pietro Tonolo

Portrait of Duke (Label Bleu, 2000) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow

Your Songs: The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow

With Helen Merrill

You and the Night and the Music (Verve)