''Solo in Mondsee'' is a live solo 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 ...
, recorded at the
Mondsee Abbey, Austria on June 25, 2001 and released on
ECM
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in 2007.
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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "For anyone who has ever wondered about Bley and his amazing 60-year career in jazz, or for anyone interested in either the piano or improvisation, this recording, like its predecessor, will mystify, delight, and satisfy in ways that cannot really be imagined until ''Solo in Mondsee'' is actually encountered."
[Jurek, T]
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Track listing
:''All compositions by Paul Bley''
# "Mondsee Variations I" - 6:39
# "Mondsee Variations II" - 5:06
# "Mondsee Variations III" - 2:06
# "Mondsee Variations IV" - 8:44
# "Mondsee Variations V" - 3:44
# "Mondsee Variations VI" - 8:12
# "Mondsee Variations VII" - 7:40
# "Mondsee Variations VIII" - 4:38
# "Mondsee Variations IX" - 3:12
# "Mondsee Variations X" - 5:37
Personnel
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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 ...
– piano
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Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
ECM Records albums
Paul Bley live albums
Solo piano jazz albums
2007 albums