It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago explained

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Type:Album
Artist:Paul Motian
Cover:It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago.jpg
Released:1 March 1985[1]
Recorded:July 1984
Studio:Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre:Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length:39:40
Label:ECM 1283
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Prev Title:Jack of Clubs
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Misterioso
Next Year:1987

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago is an album by the Paul Motian Trio recorded in July 1984 and released on ECM March the following year. The trio features guitarist Bill Frisell and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano—the three had previously recorded together on Psalm (1982), The Story of Maryam (1984), and Jack of Clubs (1985) in Motian's quintet.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "This is one of the finest recordings that came from ECM in the '80s. Paul Bley led another, which featured Motian and Frisell—as well as John Surman. This set is made of the kind of music that made Manfred Eicher's ECM such a force to be reckoned with. It placed three musicians in a context that was comfortable enough to make them want to sing to one another."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Motian

  1. "It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago" - 6:06
  2. "Fiasco" - 7:49
  3. "Conception Vessel" - 4:31
  4. "Introduction" - 3:05
  5. "India" - 7:26
  6. "In the Year of the Dragon" - 5:56
  7. "Two Women from Padua" - 5:13

Personnel

Paul Motian Trio

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038751114 It should've happened a long time ago - Paul Motian Trio w/Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano
  2. Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 27, 2011