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Virtuosi (album)

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Released
  
1976

Virtuosi (1967)
  
Ballads (1963-67)

Producer
  
Paul Bley

Length
  
33:11

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 28, 1967 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC

Label
  
Improvising Artists IAI 373844

Artists
  
Paul Bley, Barry Altschul, Gary Peacock

Similar
  
Paul Bley albums, Jazz albums

Virtuosi is an album by drummer Barry Altschul, pianist Paul Bley and bassist Gary Peacock recorded in 1967 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1976.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars noting "Although Altschul gets first billing, this is really an outing by Bley's trio. With its many wandering sections, the somewhat aimless and often-boring set is definitely a lesser effort and is far from essential".

Track listing

  1. "Butterflies" (Annette Peacock) - 15:54
  2. "Gary" (Peacock) - 17:10

Personnel

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

    Virtuosi (album) Wikipedia