Paul Bley
Born: 10th November 1932, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3rd January 2016, Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Nationality: Canadian
Paul Bley, CM 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 ARP synthesizers. His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically aggressive". Bley's prolific output includes influential recordings from the 1950s through to his solo piano recordings of the 2000s.
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Recording of the Week,
Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Live in Graz, 1961
A fascinating document of this groundbreaking trio live in Switzerland in 1961, this offers plenty of nourishment for those willing to enter an abstract musical world.
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