Paul Bley/NHØP

Paul Bley/NHØP is a jazz duet album by Paul Bley and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released on SteepleChase Records in 1973.^[1]^[2] The album was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark in June and July 1973, and primarily features Bley's compositions. Bley's performance here is more extroverted than on some of his other recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "glorious, heady, and intimate album".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

"Meeting" - 6:03
"Mating of Urgency" - 4:51
"Carla" - 4:21
"Olhos de Gato" (Carla Bley) - 5:33
"Paradise Island" - 2:20
"Upstairs" - 3:07
"Later" - 5:23
"Summer" - 4:06
"Gesture Without Plot" (Annette Peacock) - 5:33

Tracks 1-3 and 7-9 recorded on June 24, 1973. Tracks 4-6 recorded on July 1, 1973.

Personnel

Paul Bley: piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: bass

Paul Bley

Studio albums	Introducing Paul Bley Paul Bley Solemn Meditation Footloose! Barrage Touching Closer Ramblin' Mr. Joy Paul Bley with Gary Peacock Ballads The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show Open, to Love Paul Bley/NHØP Jaco Alone, Again Quiet Song Tears Tango Palace Sonor Questions Diane My Standard Fragments The Paul Bley Quartet The Nearness of You Blues for Red Notes (with Paul Motian) Partners (with Gary Peacock) BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann) Changing Hands In the Evenings Out There Paul Plays Carla Annette Hands On If We May Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips) Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley) Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips) Notes on Ornette Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian) Basics Nothing to Declare About Time

Live albums	Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 Coleman Classics Volume 1 Improvisie Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock) Japan Suite Axis Hot Live at Sweet Basil Solo in Mondsee Play Blue: Oslo Concert

Related	Discography

References

↑ Paul Bley catalog, accessed March 19, 2015
↑ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 17, 2015
1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2015

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