Paul Bley: My Old Flame
Track
My Old Flame
Group
Paul Bley Trio
CD
Paul Bley (Fresh Sounds )
Recorded: New York, August 30, 1954
Rating: 99/100 (learn more)
Here's a charmingly romantic ballad from very early in Bley's career. His sense of timing here is incredible. If you listen carefully, you can discover one of the secrets behind his lyrical phrasing: he's singing along. I think that at heart he might really be a singer, and the piano is just the instrument through which he finds himself best able to sing.
Reviewer: Aaron Parks
Tags: 1950s jazz · my old flame · piano trio
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