Memoirs (jazz album) explained

Memoirs
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Bley, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian
Cover:	Memoirs (album).jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	July 20, 1990
Studio:	Mondail Sound, Milano, Italy
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	70:49
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Paul Bley
Prev Title:	BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	12 (+6) In a Row
Next Year:	1990

Memoirs is an album by pianist Paul Bley, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Josef Woodard awarded the album 3 stars stating "Memoirs serves as a tidy summation of Paul Bley's gifts as an individual and musical conversationalist".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "A dream lineup that promises much and delivers royally... Tremendous stuff".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

1. "Memoirs" - 9:50
2. "Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk) - 7:55
3. "Dark Victory" (Charlie Haden) - 4:19
4. "Latin Genetics" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:49
5. "This Is the Hour" (Paul Motian) - 6:09
6. "Insanity" - 4:14
7. "New Flame" (Haden) - 9:45
8. "Sting a Ring" (Motian) - 7:07
9. "Blues for Josh" (Haden) - 5:27
10. "Enough Is Enough" (Motian) - 8:14

• Recorded at Mondial Sound in Milano, Italy on July 20, 1990.

Personnel

• • Paul Bley - piano Charlie Haden - bass
• Paul Motian - drums

Notes and References

1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography
2. Woodard, J. Allmusic Review accessed October 27, 2011
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. 134. registration.