Notes (album) explained

Notes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Paul Bley and Paul Motian
Cover:	Notes (album).jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	July 3 & 4, 1987
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:08
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Paul Bley
Prev Title:	Fragments
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	The Paul Bley Quartet
Next Year:	1987

Notes is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley and American drummer Paul Motian, recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Eugene Chadbourne stated that "the tracks basically having the flatness and relative lack of detail of the album's cover illustration. These performances have a lingering quality, however, certain moments eventually acquiring magic like illuminations, even though it is all mere residue under the fingers of players who seemingly can create beauty in their sleep."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Their interplay in the most demanding of improvisational settings is intuitive and perfectly weighted".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Notes" (Paul Bley) – 4:16
2. "Batterie" (Carla Bley) – 4:38
3. "Piano Solo No.1" (Paul Bley) – 5:19
4. "West 107th Street" (Paul Motian) – 4:55
5. "Just Us" (Motian) – 4:26
6. "No.3" (Paul Bley) – 4:08
7. "Turns" (Paul Bley) – 4:40
8. "Ballad" (Paul Bley) – 2:31
9. "Excerpt" (Paul Bley) – 2:44
10. "Love Hurts" (Paul Bley) – 4:51
11. "Inside" (Paul Bley) – 5:16
12. "Finale" (Paul Bley) – 3:13
13. "Diane" (Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack) – 4:11

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on July 3 & 4, 1987.

Personnel

• Paul Bley – piano
• Paul Motian – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography
2. Chabourne, E. 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.