Paul Bley - In The Evenings Out There
ARTIST.....: Paul Bley
TITLE......: In The Evenings Out There
LABEL......: ECM
URL........: http://www.improvart.com/bley/
RIP DATE...: Feb-10-2008
STORE DATE.: 000-00-1994
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 73,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Afterthoughts 04:05
02 - Portrait Of A Silence 05:58
03 - Soft Touch 03:42
04 - Speak Easy 02:47
05 - Interface 05:23
06 - Alignment 03:51
07 - Fair Share 06:04
08 - Article Four 08:28
09 - Married Alive 04:18
10 - Spe-cu-lay-ting 01:26
11 - Tomorrow Today 02:20
12 - Note Police 07:54
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56:16 min
Release Notes:
Review by David R. Adler
This is a remarkable encounter between four top-notch musicians:
Paul Bley on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, Tony Oxley on drums, and
John Surman on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet. All four
appear together only on "Interface" and "Article Four." Otherwise,
they play solo and are paired off in twos or threes. Peacock's
unaccompanied features, "Portrait of a Silence" and "Tomorrow
Today," are technical marvels. Surman's baritone solo flight on
"Alignment" is well-formed and unusual. Bley's solo pieces are
varied: "Married Alive" and the ironically titled "Soft Touch" are
busy and intense, while "Note Police" and "Afterthoughts" are more
placid and lyrical. Oxley interacts brilliantly with Peacock on
"Speak Easy," and with Bley on the very brief "Spe-cu-lay-ting."
His percussive textures are unpredictable, enticing, and quite
unlike those of any other drummer.
Most of the music is entirely improvised, although the
Bley/Peacock duet "Fair Share" is in tempo and sounds more or less
like a pre-written piece. Although the record falls solidly within
the "free jazz" category, it has a mysteriously soothing,
meditative quality. Fans of these four greats shouldn't miss it.
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