''Trioism'' is an album by jazz drummer

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

that was released on the German

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label. Recorded in 1993, it was first released in 1994 and features performances by Motian with guitarist

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and tenor saxophonist

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(with tenor saxophonist

Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played ...

added on one track.) The album was rereleased on the

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label in 2005.Winter & Winter catalogue
accessed August 9, 2011

Reception

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review by John Vallier awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "A first-rate work, Paul Motian's ''Trioism'' is one of those rare, successful ensemble performances that manages to both stir and calm the soul".Vallier, J
Allmusic Review
accessed August 8, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Paul Motian'' # "It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago" - 8:47 # "Cosmology" - 6:26 # "Blue Midnight" - 4:12 # "Congestion" - 2:41 # "Monica's Garden" - 3:35 # "Jack of Clubs" - 5:11 # "Play" - 4:57 # "In Remembrance of Things Past" - 7:30 # "Zabel" - 1:37 # "Endgame" -3:56 :*Recorded RPM Recording Studios,New York City in June 1993

Personnel

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

- tenor saxophone (“In Remembrance of Things Past”)

References

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