The Paul Bley Quartet

The Paul Bley Quartet is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.[1]

The Paul Bley Quartet
Studio album by
Paul Bley
Released1987
RecordedNovember 1987
GenreAvant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length53:16
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Paul Bley chronology
Notes
(1987)		 The Paul Bley Quartet
(1987)		 Solo
(1987)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "While it's easy to argue that, with Manfred Eicher's icy, crystalline production, this was a stock date for both the artists and the label, that argument would be flat wrong. Bley was looking for a new lyricism in his own playing and in his compositions. He was coming from a different place than the large harmonies offered by augmented and suspended chords and writing for piano trios. The other band members -- two other extremely lyrical improvisers in Surman and Frisell (who prized understatement as the veritable doorway to lyricism) and a drummer who was better known for his dancing through rhythms than playing them in Motian -- were the perfect foils".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "The long "Interplay" on the latter, eponymous set, is disappointing enough to ease that album back a stellar notch".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated
  1. "Interplay" - 20:22
  2. "Heat" (John Surman) - 8:18
  3. "After Dark" (Bill Frisell) - 11:55
  4. "One in Four" (Paul Motian) - 9:33
  5. "Triste" - 2:58
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1987.

Personnel
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References
  1. ECM discography accessed August 29, 2011
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 29, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 134. ISBN 0141023279.
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