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Closer (Import) (CD)

By: Paul Bley (Artist)

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Paul Bley Artist Snapshot:

Montreal-born Paul Bley has had a remarkable career as a composer, pianist, and general instigator amongst his rarefied group of friends and collaborators. He is a distinctive player whose solos explode out of the harmonic frame like musical cubism, and his compositions balance bebop feel with avant-garde intellectualism. He has played with just about every important bop and free-jazz musician, from the 1950s through the current day, and has, through his imaginative and prolific recorded output, helped launch the careers of lesser-known writers and players. He has been married to two brilliant composers--Carla Bley and Annette Peacock--whose work he has lovingly covered in depth.

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DISC 1 for Closer (Import) (CD) Album By Paul Bley (Artist)
1   Ida
2   Start
3   Closer
4   Sideways In Mexico
5   And Now The Queen
6   Figfoot
7   Crossroads
8   Violin
9   Cartoon
10   Cartoon
 

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Review

Down Beat (6/93, p.48) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...Compared to the previous year's ESP date, it is the calm after the storm, highlighting Bley's oblique lyricism, as well as his will-to-wail. Those twin attributes have stood Bley in good artistic stead over the years..."

Title Note

Paul Bley Trio: Paul Bley (piano); Steve Swallow (bass); Barry Altschul (drums).

Recorded in New York, New York on December 12, 1965.

Paul Bley Trio: Paul Bley (piano); Steve Swallow (bass instrument); Barry Altschul (percussion).

Audio Remasterer: Douglas McGregor.

Recording information: New York City (1965).

If the strident experimentation of free-jazz pioneers such as Cecil Taylor and Albert Ayler railed against conventional ideas of chord voicing and fixed rhythmic accompaniment, pianist Paul Bley took a decidedly more understated approach to musical innovation. Bley's classic 1966 trio album for ESP-Disk, CLOSER, is a study in restraint. Moving confidently from melodic lyricism to explosive bursts of tone color, Bley and his compatriots--drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Steve Swallow--strike a pleasing balance between order and chaos, creating music as evocative as it is challenging.

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