''Quiet Song'' is an album by pianist

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a 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 performance on the Moog and ...

, clarinetist

Jimmy Giuffre James Peter Giuffre (, ; April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating f ...

and guitarist

Bill Connors Bill Connors (born September 24, 1949) is an American jazz guitarist who was a member of Chick Corea's band Return to Forever. After leaving Return to Forever, he recorded three acoustic albums and then three electric albums as a leader/soloist. ...

recorded in 1974 and released on Bley's own

Improvising Artists Improvising Artists Inc. known as IAI is a production company created by jazz pianist, Paul Bley, and video artist, Carol Goss Carol may refer to: People with the name *Carol (given name) *Henri Carol (1910–1984), French composer and organist * ...

label in 1975.Paul Bley catalog
accessed June 22, 2014

Reception

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awarded the album 2½ stars noting "Although there are some interesting instrumental colors, much of the music rambles and wanders without much purpose and the results are rather inconclusive and slightly disappointing considering the talent involved".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
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'' said "Most of the pieces are improvised and most are thoughtful and introspective rather than dramatic".

Track listing

# "Solo" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 0:56 # "Duet" (Bill Connors) - 4:35 # "Play Blue" (Paul Bley) - 3:23 # "Clarinet" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 0:52 # "Yeah, Guitar" (Paul Bley) - 3:48 # "Carol" (Paul Bley) -1:43 # "Trio" (Paul Bley) -1:44 # " Goodbye" (

Gordon Jenkins Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, L ...

) - 3:34 # "Laurent" (Paul Bley) - 2:04 # "Quiet Song" (Paul Bley) - 9:47

Personnel

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

- clarinet, flute *

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

References

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