Paul Bley & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
Paul Bley & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
SteepleChase Records/Nippon Phonogram (Japan) 1973
RJ-6008 (LP) w/obi.
sleeve : VG+(SRW, SPSE/TOC: crack and tape on top, some wear on edge and corner, light dirts.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noises.)
This duo album was released in 1973 by Paul Bley, one of Canada's foremost jazz pianists, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, a Danish bassist who has played with the Ornette Coleman Quartet, the Jazz Composer's Orchestra and many other groups. Recorded in Copenhagen in the same year, the album contains almost all Paul Bley compositions, with only B5 featuring a tune by Annette Peacock. The album is a masterpiece of early Steeple Chase, with a picture-perfect, floating performance of the two musicians, including the deep A2, with its gently tremoloing electric piano and bowed wood bass.
A2: Mating of Urgency
B5: Gesture Without Plot