Introducing Paul Bley
Introducing Paul Bley is the debut album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1953 and released on Charles Mingus' Debut label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Paul Bley may not have been distinctive this early on but he clearly had a potentially strong future".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "that astonishing debut with Mingus and Blakey on which he sounds edgy and a little cautious on the standards but absolutely secure in his technique".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated
- "Opus 1" - 4:08
- "Opus 1 (Alternate Take)" - 3:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "(Teapot) Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 4:28
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) - 4:03
- "Spontaneous Combustion" – 4:15
- "Split Kick" (Horace Silver) - 3:05
- "I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 3:37
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 3:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Theme" (Unknown) - 3:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Zootcase" (Zoot Sims) - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded in New York City on November 30, 1953.
Personnel
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