Japan Suite

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.[1]

Japan Suite
Live album by
Paul Bley, Barry Altschul & Gary Peacock
Released1977
RecordedJuly 25, 1976
Yamaha Music Festival, Nemu No Sato, Shima, Mie, Japan
GenreJazz
Length31:51
LabelImprovising Artists IAI 373849
ProducerCarol Goss & Paul Bley
Paul Bley chronology
Quiet Song
(1974)		 Japan Suite
(1977)		 Pyramid
(1977)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

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".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a set of remarkable intensity, even by the standards of these fiery players".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

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

Personnel
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References
  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 22, 2014
  2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 22, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 133. ISBN 0141023279.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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