''Notes'' is an album by Canadian jazz pianist

Paul Bley Paul Bley, Order of Canada, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live per ...

and American drummer

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. Motian first came t ...

, recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.Soul Note discography
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Reception

The

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review by

Eugene Chadbourne Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. Life and career Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar wh ...

stated that "the tracks basically having the flatness and relative lack of detail of the album's cover illustration. These performances have a lingering quality, however, certain moments eventually acquiring magic like illuminations, even though it is all mere residue under the fingers of players who seemingly can create beauty in their sleep."Chabourne, E
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'' said "Their interplay in the most demanding of improvisational settings is intuitive and perfectly weighted".

Track listing

# "Notes" (

) – 4:16 # "Batterie" (

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera ''Escalator ...

) – 4:38 # "Piano Solo No.1" (Paul Bley) – 5:19 # "West 107th Street" (Paul Motian) – 4:55 # "Just Us" (Motian) – 4:26 # "No.3" (Paul Bley) – 4:08 # "Turns" (Paul Bley) – 4:40 # "Ballad" (Paul Bley) – 2:31 # "Excerpt" (Paul Bley) – 2:44 # "Love Hurts" (Paul Bley) – 4:51 # "Inside" (Paul Bley) – 5:16 # "Finale" (Paul Bley) – 3:13 # " Diane" (

Ernö Rapée Ernö Rapée (or Erno Rapee) (4 June 1891 – 26 June 1945) was a Hungarian-born American symphonic conductor in the first half of the 20th century whose prolific career spanned both classical and popular music. His most famous tenure was as the h ...

, Lew Pollack) – 4:11 *Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on July 3 & 4, 1987.

Personnel

– piano *

–

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

References

{{Authority control Black Saint/Soul Note albums Paul Bley albums Paul Motian albums 1987 collaborative albums