On Broadway Volume 3 Explained

On Broadway Volume 3
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Motian
Cover:	On Broadway Volume 3.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	August 1991
Studio:	Sigma Sound, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:56
Label:	JMT
Producer:	Stefan F. Winter
Prev Title:	Motian in Tokyo
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band
Next Year:	1992

On Broadway Volume 3 is the third album of Broadway show tunes by Paul Motian to be released on the German JMT label. Recorded in 1991, it was released in 1993 and features performances by Motian with guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Charlie Haden, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano. The album was rereleased on the Winter & Winter label in 2004.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "In all this is a fine set and perhaps the most successful of the three volumes in this series".^[2]

Track listing

1. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:49
2. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 6:40
3. "Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) - 6:12
4. "Crazy She Calls Me" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) - 4:15
5. "Tico Tico" (Zequinha de Abreu) - 2:44
6. "Weaver of Dreams" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) - 6:56
7. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:18
8. "A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro) - 6:42
9. "Pennies From Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) - 5:20
10. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 5:00

• Recorded August 1991 at Sigma Sound, NYC

Personnel

• Paul Motian - drums
• Bill Frisell - electric guitar
• Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
• Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Haden - bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.winterandwinter.com/index.php?id=220 Winter & Winter catalogue
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 2011