If We May

If We May is an album jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

If We May
Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1994
RecordedApril 1993
GenreJazz
Length55:47
LabelSteepleChase SCCD 31344
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Hands On
(1993)		 If We May
(1994)		 Sweet Time
(1993)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The music is quite accessible to straightahead fans even if Bley gives these warhorses some new twists, and he shows that he can swing with the best of them (not that anyone really doubted it)".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:36
  2. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 9:43
  3. "If We May" (Paul Bley) - 10:08
  4. "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 5:59
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:26
  6. " Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 5:12
  7. "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 5:55

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References
  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 28, 2014
  2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2014
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