Axis (Paul Bley album) explained

Axis
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Paul Bley
Cover:	Axis (album).jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	July 1–3, 1977 Axis in Soho, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	30:15
Label:	Improvising Artists IAI 373853
Producer:	Paul Bley
Chronology:	Paul Bley
Prev Title:	Pyramid
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Tears
Next Year:	1983

Axis is a live solo album by pianist Paul Bley recorded in New York in 1977 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label the following year.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of Bley's most painterly and moving solo dates".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a meditative and in some ways rather melancholy set" and "an intriguing blend of styles and ideas".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

1. "Axis" - 16:01
2. "Porgy" (George Gershwin) - 3:38
3. "Music Matador" (Prince Lasha) - 4:48
4. "El Cordobes-Please Don't Ever Leave Me" - 5:48

Personnel

• Paul Bley - piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-bley/catalog/#improvising-artists-inc-iai-37-38-53 Paul Bley catalog
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 22, 2014
3. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 8th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. London. 0141023279. 133. registration.