Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard
Live
SteepleChase Records (Denmark) 1986
SCS 1223 (LP)
sleeve : EX+(SRW)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly noise. some very slightly hairlines that does not affect to sounds.)
Released in 1986, this album documents a live performance at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen by Paul Bley—one of Canada’s foremost jazz pianists and a central figure in the New York loft jazz scene—recorded as a duo with Danish bassist Jesper Lundgaard. Active since the 1950s, Bley is renowned for his work with the Ornette Coleman Quartet, the Jazz Composers Orchestra, and for the many landmark recordings he has made with his own groups. The set features inspired readings of compositions by his longtime friend Ornette Coleman, alongside Bley’s own pieces and well-known works by Carla Bley, captured in superb sound. From the mid-1980s onward, Bley’s playing often shifted away from the shadowy, spatial depth of his earlier work toward a more authentic, roots-oriented approach, and this album offers a rich distillation of that lyrical, burnished style. The B1 track, a Prince Lasha composition delivered through free-flowing improvisation, is a particular highlight.
B1: Music Matador
B2: When Will The Blues Leave
Live
SteepleChase Records (Denmark) 1986
SCS 1223 (LP)
sleeve : EX+(SRW)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly noise. some very slightly hairlines that does not affect to sounds.)
Released in 1986, this album documents a live performance at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen by Paul Bley—one of Canada’s foremost jazz pianists and a central figure in the New York loft jazz scene—recorded as a duo with Danish bassist Jesper Lundgaard. Active since the 1950s, Bley is renowned for his work with the Ornette Coleman Quartet, the Jazz Composers Orchestra, and for the many landmark recordings he has made with his own groups. The set features inspired readings of compositions by his longtime friend Ornette Coleman, alongside Bley’s own pieces and well-known works by Carla Bley, captured in superb sound. From the mid-1980s onward, Bley’s playing often shifted away from the shadowy, spatial depth of his earlier work toward a more authentic, roots-oriented approach, and this album offers a rich distillation of that lyrical, burnished style. The B1 track, a Prince Lasha composition delivered through free-flowing improvisation, is a particular highlight.
B1: Music Matador
B2: When Will The Blues Leave