Hands On (album)

Hands On
Studio album by Paul Bley
Released	1993
Recorded	March 2, 1993 Sound on Sound Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:42
Label	Transheart TDCN-5084
Producer	Kenny Inaoka
Paul Bley chronology
Zen Palace (1993) Hands On (1993) If We May (1993)

Hands On is a solo piano album by Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese Transheart label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hands On reveals Paul Bley as an archetype -- an improvising jazz pianist who serves the larger model of an artist who meditates upon his work actively, restlessly, and relentlessly, seeking its core, until that work exhausts itself and gives way to become, finally, a work of art, original and unrepeatable".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

1. "Remembering" - 8:46
2. "Points" - 5:33
3. "Ram Dance" - 8:50
4. "Three Fifth" - 12:35
5. "Hands On" - 6:48
6. "If" - 4:48
7. "Cowhand" - 4:58

Personnel

• Paul Bley - Imperial Bösendorfer piano

References

1. Discogs album entry, accessed June 28, 2014
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2014