Footloose! Explained

Footloose!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Paul Bley
Cover:	Footloose!.jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	August 17, 1962 and September 12, 1963
Studio:	Medallion Studios, Newark, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	33:38
Label:	Savoy MG-12182
Producer:	Fred Mendelsohn
Chronology:	Paul Bley
Prev Title:	Coleman Classics Volume 1
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Barrage
Next Year:	1964

Footloose! is an album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley featuring tracks recorded in 1962 & 1963 and released on the Savoy label.^[1] Tracks from this album, along with alternate takes and addition material from the sessions, were later released as Syndrome and Floater.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Allmusic described it as "one of Bley's most enjoyable albums".^[4] Rough Guide author Ian Carr calls the album "classic and highly influential" stating that the "quiet, focused intensity persists throughout."^[5] Fellow pianist Keith Jarrett said he listened to the album "thousands of times."

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley, except as indicated

1. "When Will The Blues Leave" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:08
2. "Floater" (Carla Bley) - 6:23
3. "Turns" - 3:14
4. "Around Again" (Carla Bley) - 4:04
5. "Syndrome" (Carla Bley) - 7:07
6. "Cousins" - 4:39
7. "King Korn" (Carla Bley) - 3:57
8. "Vashkar" (Carla Bley) - 4:06

Alternate releases

Floater:

This 1984 album included tracks 1-4 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

• "Stereophrenic" (David Baker) - 5:06 (Note: some editions misspell title as "Stereophonic", and mistakenly credit Paul Bley as composer. This composition was previously recorded for George Russell's The Stratus Seekers).
• "Circle with the Hole in the Middle" (Coleman) - 5:08
• "Ballad No. 4" - 4:50

Syndrome:

This 1986 album included tracks 5-8 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

• "Around Again" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 3:53
• "Ballad I" - 4:29
• "King Korn" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 4:17
• "Ballad II" - 3:47

Personnel

• Paul Bley - piano
  • Steve Swallow - bass Pete LaRoca - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-bley/catalog/#savoy-mg-12182 Paul Bley catalog
2. http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Bley-With-Steve-Swallow-Pete-LaRoca-Syndrome/release/2985273 Syndrome: Discogs album entry
3. http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Bley-With-Steve-Swallow-Pete-LaRoca-Floater/release/2985264 Floater: Discogs album entry
4. Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 18, 2014
5. Book: Carr . Ian . Fairweather . Digby . Priestley . Brian . The Rough Guide to Jazz - The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums . Rough Guides Ltd. . 1995 . 63 . 1-85828-137-7 . registration .