The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show

The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
Studio album by Paul Bley
Released 1971
Recorded December 9, 1970, January 21 & March 9, 1971
Advantage Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 39:38
Label Milestone MSP 9033
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Paul Bley chronology
Revenge: The Bigger the Love, the Greater the Hate
(1969)
The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
(1971)
Improvisie
(1971)

The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show' is an album by Paul Bley performing compositions by Annette Peacock which was released on the Milestone label in 1971.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting that "Removed several decades from the initial hoopla about electronic instruments, this music can really be appreciated as a stunning document of Bley in action, bringing past and present aspects of his creativity into something new, developing right in front of the musicians that he gets such superb performances out of".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Annette Peacock

  1. "Mr. Joy" - 4:30
  2. "The Archangel" - 6:46
  3. "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" - 6:50
  4. "Gary" - 4:28
  5. "Snakes" - 6:49
  6. "Parks" - 6:07
  7. "Circles" - 4:08


Personnel

References

  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 20, 2014
  2. 1 2 Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 20, 2014
  3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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