Paul Bley/NHØP explained

Paul Bley/NHØP
Type:	studio
Artist:	Paul Bley and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Cover:	Paul Bley-NHØP.jpg
Recorded:	June 24 and July 1, 1973
Studio:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:58
Label:	SteepleChase SCS 1005
Producer:	Nils Winther

Paul Bley/NHØP is a jazz duet album by Paul Bley and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released on SteepleChase Records in 1973.^{[1] [2]} The album was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark in June and July 1973, and primarily features Bley's compositions. Bley's performance here is more extroverted than on some of his other recordings.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "glorious, heady, and intimate album".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

1. "Meeting" - 6:03
2. "Mating of Urgency" - 4:51
3. "Carla" - 4:21
4. "Olhos de Gato" (Carla Bley) - 5:33
5. "Paradise Island" - 2:20
6. "Upstairs" - 3:07
7. "Later" - 5:23
8. "Summer" - 4:06
9. "Gesture Without Plot" (Annette Peacock) - 5:33

• Tracks 1-3 and 7-9 recorded on June 24, 1973. Tracks 4-6 recorded on July 1, 1973.

Personnel

• Paul Bley

piano

• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-bley/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1005 Paul Bley catalog
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2015