Solo in Mondsee explained

Solo in Mondsee
Type:Live album
Artist:Paul Bley
Cover:Solo in Mondsee.jpg
Released:2007
Recorded:June 25, 2001
Venue:Schloss Mondsee
Mondsee, Austria
Genre:Jazz
Length:55:38
Label:ECM
ECM 1786
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Paul Bley
Prev Title:Basics
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Nothing to Declare
Next Year:2004

Solo in Mondsee is a live solo album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley, recorded at the Mondsee Abbey, Austria on June 25, 2001 and released on ECM in 2007.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "For anyone who has ever wondered about Bley and his amazing 60-year career in jazz, or for anyone interested in either the piano or improvisation, this recording, like its predecessor, will mystify, delight, and satisfy in ways that cannot really be imagined until Solo in Mondsee is actually encountered."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

  1. "Mondsee Variations I" - 6:39
  2. "Mondsee Variations II" - 5:06
  3. "Mondsee Variations III" - 2:06
  4. "Mondsee Variations IV" - 8:44
  5. "Mondsee Variations V" - 3:44
  6. "Mondsee Variations VI" - 8:12
  7. "Mondsee Variations VII" - 7:40
  8. "Mondsee Variations VIII" - 4:38
  9. "Mondsee Variations IX" - 3:12
  10. "Mondsee Variations X" - 5:37

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1700/1786.php ECM discography
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 27, 2011