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Paul Motian: My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Once again the magic of Cole Porter is transformed into a vehicle for quality jazz players to blow. This ensemble (no...

Bill McHenry: Time (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 05, 08

The Bill McHenry Quartet featuring Paul Motian actually becomes a trio when guitarist Ben Monder sits out on "Ti...

Charlie Haden: Ida Lupino (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

The 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival honored the career of bassist Charlie Haden by inviting him to lead a different group...

Carla Bley & Paul Haines: Rawalpindi Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 06, 08

Escalator Over the Hill, an epic jazz-rock opera, was probably pretentious in 1971, and is definitely pretentious now...

Paul Motian: The Story of Maryam (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 21, 09

Drummer Paul Motian has always had infallible taste in saxophonists, going back to his early records as a leader. Her...

Paul Motian: 9 x 9 (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 21, 09

An unusual take on collectively improvised free jazz, featuring an amped-up Bill Frisell and two aggressive, stylis...

Paul Motian: Liza (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Whether recording classic tracks with Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett in the 1960s or leading one of his own Manhattan-ba...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Paul Motian Trio: Misterioso (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

During the first week of 2009, Motian, Frisell, and Lovano just completed their annual two-week run at the Village Va...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

Paul Motian: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

When Paul Motian decided to reread the Broadway repertoire on a long-term basis, he was not driven by nostalgia. A mu...

Charlie Haden & Paul Motian (featuring Geri Allen): Fiasco (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

While this late '80s session lists Charlie Haden and Paul Motian as co-leaders, the essential characteristic of all o...

Paul Motian: Light Blue (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 24, 08

It's hard to make a song like Monk's "Light Blue," with its short repeated melody, sound right. By the way, who does ...

Paul Motian (with Joe Lovano & Bill Frisell): Yahllah (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

In the last 15 years, many modern groups have become frequent visitors to the Vanguard stage – none with more re...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Paul Motian: Mumbo Jumbo (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

Intriguing track featuring a unique lineup, written by an iconoclast composer and one of the best drummers in the bus...

Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

It may surprise some listeners, but this 1964 rhythm section sounds like many of the rhythm sections playing in New Y...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Paul Bley: Line Down (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

An intensely dramatic piece from the quartet of Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, and Paul Motian. The individua...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AARON PARKS SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL PAUL BLEY TRACKS

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Paul Bley: Seven (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

A profoundly beautiful composition by Carla Bley, brought to life patiently and selflessly by Paul Bley, John Surman,...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AARON PARKS SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL PAUL BLEY TRACKS

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Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

Another masterpiece. An amazing composition and performance, with so much nervous energy and a curious kind of stop-...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AARON PARKS SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL PAUL BLEY TRACKS

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Paul Bley: When Will the Blues Leave (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

Paul Bley spent the mid-1960s making some of jazz's most fascinating choices. He performed with Jimmy Giuffre in a fr...

Keith Jarrett: Shades of Jazz (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

Keith Jarrett’s “American Quartet” with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian has always been one of my favorit...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Geri Allen: Law Years (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

Geri Allen has recorded with a wide array of impressive trios, some of which include Anthony Cox and Andrew Cyrille, ...

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