My Standard

My Standard is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

My Standard
Studio album by Paul Bley Trio
Released	1986
Recorded	December 8, 1985 Sound Track Studios, Copenhagen
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:16
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1214
Producer	Nils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Hot (1985) My Standard (1986) Fragments (1986)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating Bley "avoids the obvious and comes up with something new to say".[2]

Track listing

1. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) - 2:59 Bonus track on CD
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 3:06
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 5:30
4. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:02
5. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 4:29
6. "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:47
7. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:30 Bonus track on CD
8. "A.R.B." (Paul Bley) - 6:18 Bonus track on CD
9. "Blues Waltz" (Bley) - 3:06 Bonus track on CD
10. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:43
11. "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) - 3:09
12. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 4:57
13. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:03
14. "The Theme" (Traditional) - 4:45
15. "Becky" (Bley) - 5:11 Bonus track on CD
16. "Bolivar Blues" (Thelonious Monk) - 2:18 Bonus track on CD
17. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 2:13 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

• Paul Bley - piano
• Jesper Lundgaard - bass
• Billy Hart - drums

References

1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 25, 2014
2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2014