This is the discography for Canadian jazz musician Paul Bley.
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Paul Bley - Alrac (solo piano) LIVE video 1973
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Out Of Season: Robert Wyatt featuring the art of Lennart Riis and Dawn Of The Maryland Woods
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Jaco Pastorius & Biréli Lagrène — Stuttgart Aria [Full Album]
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GMG CD43102 - Chet Baker - Milano Sessions 1959
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: Henry Cow's "In Praise of Learning"
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As leader/co-leader
| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-11 | Introducing Paul Bley | Debut | 1954 | Charles Mingus, Art Blakey |
| 1954-02, 1954-08 |
Paul Bley | Wing | 1955 | Percy Heath/Peter Ind, Al Levitt |
| 1957-08 | Solemn Meditation | GNP | 1958 | Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne |
| 1958-10 | Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 | Inner City | 1976 | Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins. live |
| 1958-10 | Coleman Classics Volume 1 | Improvising Artists | 1977 | Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins. live |
| 1962-08, 1963-09 |
Footloose! | Savoy | 1963 | Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca Complete version as The Floater Syndrome combining Floater. |
| 1962-08, 1963-09 |
Floater | Savoy | 1984 | Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca Unreleased tracks of Footloose! sessions. |
| 1962-08, 1963-09 |
The Floater Syndrome | Savoy | 1986 | Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca Complete version of Footloose!. |
| 1964-03 | Turns | Savoy | 1987 | John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian Previously on New Music: 2nd Wave and Turning Point. |
| 1964-10 | Barrage | ESP-Disk | 1965 | Dewey Johnson, Marshall Allen, Eddie Gómez, Milford Graves |
| 1965-11 | Touching | Fontana | 1965 | Kent Carter, Barry Altschul |
| 1965-12 | Closer | ESP-Disk | 1966 | Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul |
| 1966-07 | Ramblin' | BYG Actuel | 1967 | Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul |
| 1966-09, 1966-10 |
Blood | Fontana | 1966 | Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul |
| 1965-11, 1966-11 |
Copenhagen and Haarlem | Arista/Freedom | 1975 | [2LP] Kent Carter, Mark Levenson, Barry Altschul Live |
| 1966-11 | In Haarlem – Blood | Polydor | 1967 | Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul Live |
| 1967-06 | Virtuosi | Improvising Artists | 1976 | Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul |
| 1967-03, 1967-07 |
Ballads | ECM | 1971 | Mark Levinson/Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul |
| 1964-03, 1968-05 |
Turning Point | Improvising Artists | 1975 | John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian/Bill Elgart |
| 1963-04, 1968-05 |
Paul Bley with Gary Peacock | ECM | 1970 | Gary Peacock, Paul Motian/Billy Elgart |
| 1968-05 | Mr. Joy | Limelight | 1968 | Gary Peacock, Billy Elgart |
| 1969-04, 1969-06, 1969-11 |
Revenge: The Bigger the Love the Greater the Hate | Polydor | 1971 | Annette Peacock and various others Live |
| 1970-12, 1971-01, 1971-03 |
The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show | Milestone | 1971 | Dick Youngstein/Glen Moore/Frank Tusa, Steve Hass/Bobby Moses |
| 1971-03 | Improvisie | America | 1971 | Annette Peacock, Han Bennink Live |
| 1971-03, 1971-11 |
Dual Unity | Freedom | 1972 | Annette Peacock, Mario Pavone, Lawrence Cook/Han Bennink. Live |
| 1972-09 | Open, to Love | ECM | 1972 | Solo piano |
| 1972-11 | Paul Bley & Scorpio | Milestone | 1973 | Dave Holland, Barry Altschul |
| 1973-06, 1973-07 |
Paul Bley/NHØP | SteepleChase | 1973 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen |
| 1974-06 | Jaco | Improvising Artists | 1976 | Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas. Live |
| 1974-08 | Alone, Again | Improvising Artists | 1975 | Solo piano |
| 1974-11 | Quiet Song | Improvising Artists | 1975 | Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Connors |
| 1976-07 | Japan Suite | Improvising Artists | 1977 | Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul. Live |
| 1977-06 | Pyramid | Improvising Artists | 1977 | Lee Konitz, Bill Connors |
| 1977-07 | Axis | Improvising Artists | 1978 | Solo piano. Live |
| 1983-05 | Tears | Owl | 1984 | Solo piano |
| 1983-05 | Tango Palace | Soul Note | 1985 | Solo piano |
| 1983-05 | Sonor | Soul Note | 1984 | George Cross McDonald |
| 1985-02 | Questions | SteepleChase | 1985 | Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard |
| 1985-02 | Diane | SteepleChase | 1985 | Chet Baker |
| 1985-03 | Hot | Soul Note | 1985 | John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul. Live |
| 1985-12 | My Standard | SteepleChase | 1986 | Jesper Lundgaard, Billy Hart |
| 1986-01 | Fragments | ECM | 1986 | John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian |
| 1986-03 | Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard Live | SteepleChase | 1986 | Jesper Lundgaard. Live |
| 1986-03 | Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard Live Again | SteepleChase | 1987 | Jesper Lundgaard. Live |
| 1987-05 | Indian Summer | SteepleChase | 1991 | Ron McClure, Barry Altschul |
| 1987-07 | Notes | Soul Note | 1987 | Paul Motian |
| 1987-11 | The Paul Bley Quartet | ECM | 1988 | John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian |
| 1987-12 | Solo | Justin Time | 1989 | Solo piano |
| 1988-03 | Live at Sweet Basil | Soul Note | 1988 | John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Barry Altschul. live |
| 1988-04 | Solo Piano | Soul Note | 1988 | Solo piano |
| 1988-11 | The Nearness of You | SteepleChase | 1989 | Ron McClure, Billy Hart |
| 1989-05 | Blues for Red | Red | 1989 | Solo piano |
| 1989-05 | Rejoicing | SteepleChase | 1990 | Michał Urbaniak, Ron McClure, Barry Altschul |
| 1989-12 | The Life of a Trio: Saturday | Owl | 1990 | Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow |
| 1989-12 | The Life of a Trio: Sunday | Owl | 1990 | Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow |
| 1989-12 | Partners | Owl | 1991 | Gary Peacock |
| 1989-12 | BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop | SteepleChase | 1990 | Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland |
| 1990-03 | Right Time, Right Place | GNP Crescendo | 1990 | Gary Burton |
| 1990-05 | 12 (+6) In a Row | Hat Hut | 1995 | Hans Koch, Franz Koglmann |
| 1990-07 | Memoirs | Soul Note | 1990 | Charlie Haden, Paul Motian |
| 1991-02 | Changing Hands | Justin Time | 1991 | Solo piano |
| 1991-03 | Lyrics | Splasc(H) | 1991 | Tiziana Ghiglioni |
| 1991? | A Musing | Justin Time | 1991 | Jon Ballantyne |
| 1991-09 | In the Evenings Out There | ECM | 1993 | John Surman, Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley |
| 1991-12 | Paul Plays Carla | SteepleChase | 1992 | Marc Johnson, Jeff Williams |
| 1992-04 | Mindset | Soul Note | 1997 | Gary Peacock |
| 1992-04 | Annette | Hat Hut | 1993 | Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock |
| 1992-04 | Caravan Suite | SteepleChase | 1993 | Solo piano |
| 1992-04 | Homage to Carla | Owl | 1993 | Solo piano |
| 1992-11 | Paul Bley at Copenhagen Jazz House | SteepleChase | 1994 | Solo piano. Live |
| 1993-03 | Zen Palace | Transheart | 1993 | Steve Swallow, Paul Motian |
| 1993-03 | Hands On | Transheart | 1993 | Solo piano |
| 1993-04 | If We May | SteepleChase | 1994 | Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum |
| 1993-08 | Sweet Time | Justin Time | 1994 | Solo piano |
| 1993-08 | Double Time | Justin Time | 1994 | Jane Bunnett |
| 1993-08 | Know Time | Justin Time | 1995 | Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald |
| 1993-08 | Synth Thesis | Postcards | 1994 | Solo piano and synthesizer |
| 1994-01 | Time Will Tell | ECM | 1995 | Evan Parker, Barre Phillips |
| 1994-03 | Chaos | Soul Note | 1998 | Furio Di Castri, Tony Oxley |
| 1994-07 | Outside In | Justin Time | 1995 | Sonny Greenwich |
| 1994-09 | Modern Chant | Venus | 1994 | David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas |
| 1994-09 | Emerald Blue | Venus | 1994 | David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas |
| 1994-10 | Speachless | SteepleChase | 1995 | Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis |
| 1994-10 | Reality Check | SteepleChase | 1996 | Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis |
| 1996-04 | Sankt Gerold | ECM | 2000 | Evan Parker, Barre Phillips. live |
| 1997-04 | Out of Nowhere | SteepleChase | 1998 | Lee Konitz, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond |
| 1997-09 | Notes on Ornette | SteepleChase | 1998 | Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield |
| 1998-01 | Not Two, Not One | ECM | 1999 | Gary Peacock, Paul Motian |
| 1999-03 | When will the blues leave? | ECM | 2019 | Bley, Peacock and Motian |
| 1999-06 | Echo | SME | 1999 | Masahiko Togashi |
| 2000-07 | Basics | Justin Time | 2001 | Solo piano |
| 2001-06 | Solo in Mondsee | ECM | 2007 | Solo piano. Live |
| 2003-05 | Nothing to Declare | Justin Time | 2004 | Solo piano |
| 2007-05 | About Time | Justin Time | 2008 | Solo piano |
| 2008-08 | Play Blue: Oslo Concert | ECM | 2014 | Solo piano. Live |
As sideman
With Don Ellis
- Essence (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
- Out of Nowhere (Candid, 1988) – rec. 1961
With Jimmy Giuffre and Steve Swallow
- 1961: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 – Fusion (Verve)
- 1961: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 – Thesis (Verve); re-released by ECM together with Fusion, 1992
- 1961: Jimmy Giuffre Trio Live in Europe 1961 (Raretone, 1984)
- 1961: Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 (hatART, 1993)
- 1961: Flight, Bremen 1961 (hatART, 1993)
- 1962: Free Fall (Columbia)
- 1989: The Life of a Trio: Saturday (Owl)
- 1989: The Life of a Trio: Sunday (Owl)
- 1992: Fly Away Little Bird (Owl)
- 1993: Conversations with a Goose (Soul Note, 1996)
With Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Victor, 1963)
- Tokyo 1963 (Rare Live Recordings, 1963)
With others
- Jakob Bro, Bro/Knak (Loveland, 2011)[2CD][1]
- Marion Brown, Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!, 1974)
- Satoko Fujii, Something About Water (Libra, 1996)
- Charlie Haden, The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1994) – rec. 1989
- Lee Konitz, Out of Nowhere (SteepleChase, 1997)
- Charlie Parker, Montreal 1953 (Uptown UPCD 27.36, 1993) – rec. 1953
- Mario Pavone, Trio Arc (Playscape, 2008) – rec. 2007
- John Surman, Adventure Playground (ECM, 1992) – rec. 1991
- Andreas Willers, In the North (Between the Lines, 2001)
References
- ^ Album entry on JakobBro.com
- ^ "Paul Bley – Album Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Paul Bley Albums Releases @ARTISTdirect". www.artistdirect.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30.
This page was last edited on 11 February 2024, at 15:05