Paul Bley before 1970

[Late]

On 1/19/2022 at 0:47 PM, colinmce said:

Both are excellent. If you're a fan of this music, I don't think you'd want to be without them. The retailer millionsofrecords.com has both for 5.99 and 4.99 respectively. 

Thank you for bringing attention to these Bley records. I followed your lead and purchased both from millionsofrecords. Their packaging is excellent, and media mail didn't take as long as I thought it would. 

And the playing ... is fantastic. "St. Thomas" never sounded like that.

[felser]

18 hours ago, Late said:

Thank you for bringing attention to these Bley records. I followed your lead and purchased both from millionsofrecords. Their packaging is excellent, and media mail didn't take as long as I thought it would. 

The guy who runs millionsofrecords used to run ebreggae, who had a good jazz selection.  He always did a good job in keeping cd and shipping prices low, packing well, and shipping promptly.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

only thing i have of him besides the bootleg lp with 2 cuts in montreal with Bird is the GNP west coast jazz lp with dave pike and lenny mcbrowne.  

Edited February 5, 2022 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[JSngry]

41 minutes ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

only thing i have of him besides the bootleg lp with 2 cuts in montreal with Bird is the GNP west coast jazz lp with dave pike and lenny mcbrowne.  

Get the record with John Gilmore, connect them Ra dots.

[clifford_thornton]

Yup! 

And that date with Dave Pike is really strong.

[felser]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yup! 

And that date with Dave Pike is really strong.

+1

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Oops I found more I have a esp sampler with a snippet 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

It’s only a 30 sec clip but he sounds like Keith Jarrett on this - 

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

It’s only a 30 sec clip but he sounds like Keith Jarrett on this - 

It's the other way around.

[clifford_thornton]

Life Between The Exit Signs is a really good Paul Bley LP.

[Late]

On 2/6/2022 at 11:34 AM, clifford_thornton said:

Life Between The Exit Signs is a really good Paul Bley LP.

Just found it used! I didn't know that Bley had a chin beard though. 

[Teasing the Korean]

I have four Paul Bley albums, including Introducing Paul Bley, and also an album from 1970 in which he looks like a real hipster, with his sunglasses and cigarette smoke.  It was my first Paul Bley album, and the photo sealed the deal for me.  

[colinmce]

ezz-thetics has a volume of the Annette Peacock compositions from Ramblin, Blood and Mr. Joy. Makes for a great listen, but another missed opportunity to reissue the painfully rare "short" version of Blood in full. 

 

[mjazzg]

That is a great selection of tunes and performances, interesting idea

[Late]

21 hours ago, colinmce said:

Makes for a great listen, but another missed opportunity to reissue the painfully rare "short" version of Blood in full. 

The Dutch Fontana Blood?

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Late

[colinmce]

2 hours ago, Late said:

The Dutch Fontana Blood?

 

Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

[Late]

5 hours ago, colinmce said:

Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

 Gotcha. So, this one:

Weird that it hasn't seen a reissue since 1990. At least the new ezz-thetics disc will have some of the tracks. Still, I agree, it would have been nice to see the whole album see a reissue.

[Late]

On 10/26/2022 at 11:43 AM, colinmce said:

Paul Bley Trios Play Annette Peacock

3/6        tracks from Ramblin’         (BYG)
5/10      tracks from Blood             (Fontana)
6/8        tracks from Mr. Joy          (Limelight)

[clifford_thornton]

On 10/27/2022 at 2:30 PM, colinmce said:

Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

In Haarlem -- Blood was issued on International Polydor, while Blood was released on Fontana. Both were produced by Alan Bates.