Closer

Paul Bley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Esp Records Denmark
• ASIN: B000005TCJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,006,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ida Lupino

2. Start

3. Closer

4. Sideways in Mexico

5. Batterie

6. And Now the Queen

7. Figfoot

8. Crossroads

9. Violin

10. Cartoon

Editorial Reviews

This historic album, originally released on ESP-Disk' in 1965 (featuring drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Steve Swallow), is one of Canadian-born pianist Paul Bley's most adventurous albums of the period. Bley helped spearhead the 1960s free jazz moveme

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars closer, December 22, 2002

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J. Feinberg (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Closer (Audio CD)

Paul Bley's Closer is one of the best musical documents i've ever come accross. one cant help but to compare it to Footloose, another legondary Bley recording. Bley's "jazz" approach, if you can call it that, is highly influenced by the modern classical movements of Debussy, Shoenberg, and Bartok, showing his power of melody rather than of chord changes. anyone who truly appreciates the art of sound must buy this album!