Articles tagged 'Bley'

Album Tweets 6.

Walt Mundkowsky [January 2010.] Paul BLEY: Tears (rec. Paris, 5-19-83). Bley (pno). Owl 034 984 755 9 (http://www.universalmusic.fr/). Purchased from Grooves Inc., Basel, CH (http://stores.ebay.com/groovesincuk). Bley summons past routines, haltingly. Also, Dolphy’s Music Matador (1963) and a tribute for trumpeter

Album Tweets 6.

Walt Mundkowsky [January 2010.] Paul BLEY: Tears (rec. Paris, 5-19-83). Bley (pno). Owl 034 984 755 9 (http://www.universalmusic.fr/). Purchased from Grooves Inc., Basel, CH (http://stores.ebay.com/groovesincuk). Bley summons past routines, haltingly. Also, Dolphy’s Music Matador (1963) and a tribute for trumpeter

Recordings Revisited 1.

Paul Bley, Bob James, Obrecht and Purcell

Recordings Revisited 1.

Paul Bley, Bob James, Obrecht and Purcell

Walt’s Ratatouille 5.

The opening cut, Bley’s solo rendition of “Touching,” distills the pianist’s art — pedaling that turns notes into sculpture, leaping figures suddenly dropped, looming spaces.

Walt’s Ratatouille 5.

The opening cut, Bley’s solo rendition of “Touching,” distills the pianist’s art — pedaling that turns notes into sculpture, leaping figures suddenly dropped, looming spaces.

Walt’s Ratatouille 3.

These records influenced the course my listening subsequently took. Their CD versions are new to me, and fifteen years have passed since I last lowered a stylus. Can one look back without disappointment?

Walt’s Ratatouille 3.

These records influenced the course my listening subsequently took. Their CD versions are new to me, and fifteen years have passed since I last lowered a stylus. Can one look back without disappointment?

Walt’s Ratatouille 1: Mostly Strings

Mostly Strings: Schnittke, Paul Bley, et al.

Walt’s Ratatouille 1: Mostly Strings

Mostly Strings: Schnittke, Paul Bley, et al.