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Paul Bley
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Paul
Bley
geboren: 10. November 1932,
Montreal, Quebec/Kanada
Neben Bill Evans ist wohl
Paul Bley einer der wichtigsten Pianisten der 1960er Jahre. Wie Evans durchschritt
Bley stilistische Phasen von Bebop über Hardbop, ging dann aber weit über
das Evans'sche Ziel einer stark auf Harmonik und musikalische Lyrik orientierten
Improvisation hinaus, experimentierte mit freien Spielweisen genauso wie mit
elektronischen Instrumenten.
Bley begann in den späten 1940er Jahren in seinem Geburtsort
Montréal, wo er 1948 Oscar Peterson traf. Ein Jahr später empfahl
der ihn als Ersatz für sein Trio-Engagement in der Alberta Lounge, als
Peterson nach New York ging und dort seine phäsnomenale internationale
Karriere begann. 1950 zog auch Bley von Montréal nach New York und schrieb
sich an der dortigen Julliard School of Music ein. Natürlich kam er in
Kontakt mit der Musikszene der 52sten Straße, hörte und spielte mit
Charlie Parker, Phil Woods, Teo Macero, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, aber auch
im Begleittrio für Lester Young oder einen Monat lang mit dem Louis Armstrong
Sextet. 1955 erhielt Bley einen Anruf von Chet Baker, der ihn einlud, sein Quintett
in Hollywood zu verstärken. Bley also zog nach Los Angeles, er spielte
mit Baker, Charlie Mariano und seinem eigenen Trio. 1956 lernte er Carla Borg
kennen, die später seine Frau wurde und sich bald als Carla Bley einen
eigenen Namen in der Jazzwelt machen sollte.
Es folgte eine Zeit des Suchens und Umherreisens. Zugleich beschäftigte
sich Bley mit musikalischen Problemen – ihm schwebte eine Musik vor, die
erheblich mehr an Freiheit erlaubte, als es die bebop-beeinflußten Idiome
der Zeit taten, aber auch eine Musik, in der Komposition und Improvisation sich
ausgewogener gegenüberstanden. Dann traf er auf Ornette Coleman und Don
Cherry, die ihm die Augen für einige Möglichkeiten öffneten,
mit denen er sein Ziel zumindest ansteuern könnte. Daneben fand Bley in
Scott LaFaro einen kongenialen Kontrabassisten, der seine stilistischen Ideen
umsetzen konnte. Paul und Carla Bley entschlossen sich eines Tages, an der damals
vielgerühmten Summer School in Lenox, Massachusetts teilzunehmen, die von
John Lewis ins Leben gerufen worden war. Zu den Dozenten gehörten unter
anderem Jimmy Giuffre, Charles Mingus, George Russell, Ran Blake und andere.
Die Bleys kamen am letzten Tag, kurz vor Ende der letzten Session an und Paul
konnte ein Stück lang mitspielen – das aber garantierte ihm einige
der wichtigsten Jobs der nächsten Jahre. Russell engagierte ihn für
eine hoch-komplexe Komposition, die er für das Plattenlabel Decca aufnahm;
bei einem Gig für Ran Blake traf er auf den Bassisten Steve Swallow, mit
dem er später so viel zusammenarbeiten sollte; und natürlich wurde
ein breites Publikum auf Bley vor allem wegen der Trioaufnahmen aufmerksam,
die er mit dem Klarinettisten Jimmy Giuffre und Steve Swallow machte. Bley nahm
an einer der aufregendsten Plattensitzungen des Jazz teil, dem Treffen der Tenorgiganten
Sonny Rollins und Coleman Hawkins, und er war auch bei einigen der Columbia-Einspielungen
von Charles Mingus mit dabei.
Für Bley selbst aber war eine andere Entwicklung wichtiger:
Zusammen mit einigen seelenverwandten Musikern diskutierte er regelmäßig
über die Zukunft des Jazz, über die Möglichkeiten freier Improvisation.
Er spielte im Trio mit Albert Ayler und Sunny Murray, vor allem aber war er
zusammen mit Bill Dixon und einigen anderen Mitbegründer der Musikerkooperative
"Jazz Composers Guild". Im Oktober 1964 organisierte die Guild eine
Konzertreihe, die unter dem Motto "October Revolution in Jazz" Jazzgeschichte
machte und an der Musiker wie Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai, Sun
Ra und andere beteiligt waren. Hier entschieden sich Musiker des "New Thing",
ihre Musik in die eigene Hand zu nehmen, Konzerte zu organisieren, Platten zu
produzieren und per Mailorder zu vertreiben. 1969 experimentierte Paul Bley
erstmals auf einem der neuen Synthesizer-Instrumente, die damals noch erhebliche
Ausmaße besaßen. Bley war einer der ersten Jazzmusiker, die sinnvoll
auf diesem sound-orientierten Instrument musizierten – und das, obwohl
es sich um noch reichlich unentwickelte Instrumente handelte. 1972 spielte Bley
sein erstes Soloalbum für ECM ein, 1974 gründete er zusammen mit seiner
neuen Frau Carol Goss ein eigenes Plattenlabel, Improvising Artists Inc. (IAI).
Auf diesem Label sind beispielsweise auch die ersten Aufnahmen von Pat Metheny
und Jaco Pastorius von 1974 dokumentiert. Die 1980er Jahre sahen Bley in einer
Reihe an Reunions beteiligt, darunter ein Konzert mit Chet Baker und vor allem
eine Tour mit dem wiedervereinigten Jimmy Giuffre Trio.
Paul Bley gehört zu den einflussreichsten Pianisten des modernen
Jazz, vielleicht auch weil seine Musik wie eine Brücke zwischen der harmonieverbundenen
Stilistik Bill Evans' und den freieren Spielrichtunen der 1960er Jahre wirkte.
[Wolfram Knauer]
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Paul Bley
born: 10. November 1932,
Montreal, Quebec/Canada
Besides Bill Evans, Paul
Bley is one of the most influential pianists of the 1960s. As Evans, so did
Bley develop through stylistic phases starting with bebop and hardbop. But whereas
Evans aimed mostly at a musical language centered around his harmonically and
musically lyrical improvisations, Bley experimented with free playing and with
electronic instruments.
Bley began playing professionally in the late 1940s in his
birthplace Montréal where he had met Oscar Peterson in 1948. One year
later Peterson recommended him as replacement for a gig at the Alberta Lounge
when Peterson moved on to New York to start his phenomenal international career.
In 1950 Bley, too, moved to New York and studied at Julliard School of Music.
He heard and played with musicians on New York's famed 52nd Street such as Charlie
Parker, Phil Woods, Teo Macero, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, but also worked
in a trio accompanying Lester Young or for one month with the Louis Armstrong
Sextet. In 1955 Chet Baker called and invited him to join his quintet in Hollywood.
Bley moved to Los Angeles, worked with Baker, Charlie Mariano and his own trio.
In 1956 he met Carla Borg, whom he lated married and who as Carla Bley soon
made her own name within the international jazz world.
What followed was a time of experimentation and traveling. Bley
looked for a musical style in which he had more freedom than was possible in
the bebop-influenced idioms of the time, but also for a music in which composition
and improvisation met on equal grounds. At this time in his development he met
Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry who showed him some possibilities for reaching
his aims. He also met Scott LaFaro, a congenial bassist able to relate to Bley's
stylistic ideas. Paul and Carla Bley decided to participate at the Lenox School
of Jazz in Lenox, Massachusetts, founded by John Lewis. Among the teachers that
year were Jimmy Giuffre, Charles Mingus, George Russell, Ran Blake and others.
The Bleys arrived on the last day, shortly before the last session, at which
Paul had the chance to at least play one piece – this, though, helped
him to some of his most important jobs of the next years. Russell engaged him
for one of his highly complex compositions recorded for Decca; at a gig for
Ran Blake, Bley met bassist Steve Swallow; and his name reached a larger audience
throught the recordings Bley did with Swallow and clarinettist Jimmy Giuffre.
Bley participated in one of the most exciting recording sessions of jazz, a
meeting of tenor giants Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins, but also in some
of the Columbia recordings done by bassist Charles Mingus.
Bley himself, though, was even more interested in other developments:
Together with musician friends he discussed the future of jazz, the possibilities
of free improvisation. He played in a trio with Albert Ayler and Sunny Murray,
and together with Bill Dixon and other musicians he belonged to the founding
fathers of the musicians' cooperative "Jazz Composers Guild". In October
1964 the Guild started a concert series which under the name of "October
Revolution in Jazz" made jazz history. Musicians of the "New Thing"
such as Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai, Sun Ra and others decided
to take the different aspects of their music into their own hands, organize
concerts, produce and sell records by mailorder. In 1969 Paul Bley experimented
with one of the synthesizers new on the market, at that time a quite big instrument.
Bley was one of the first jazz musicians who used this sound-oriented instrument
in a satisfying musical way. In 1972 Bley recorded his first solo album for
ECM, in 1974 he founded his own record label, Improvising Artists Inc. (IAJ)
together with his new wife, Carl Goss. On this label he recorded some of the
first documents of Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius. In the 1980s, Bley participated
in a series of reunions, among them a concert with Chet Baker and a tour with
the reunited Jimmy Giuffre Trio.
Paul Bley belongs among the most influential pianists in modern
jazz, perhaps because his music seemed to function like a bridge between the
more harmonically oriented style of Bill Evans and the free improvisational
tendencies of the 1960s. [Wolfram Knauer]
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More information on Paul Bley
Standard reading:
In 1999, Paul Bley published his autobiography, a highly recommended, very enjoyable
book:
Paul Bley & David Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation in
Jazz, Montréal/Canada 1999 (Véhicule Press), ISBN: 1-55065-111-0;
179 pages
Internet:
Of course, you can find even more information on Paul Bley by browsing the Internet.
Some sites recommended are:
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Jazz Index: Paul Bley
The following bibliographical
information relates to periodicals and books present in the archive of the Jazz-Institut
Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises 1.000 periodicals,
more than 60.000 single issues. About 50% of the collection have been indexed.
Following the more recent
entries you'll find abbreviations which will give you a clue about the nature
in the respective articles. The abbreviations are:
| (A)
= analytical remarks
(B) = extensive book review
(BT) = blindfold test
(C) = concert review
(D) = discography
(F) = feature article |
(I)
= interview
("I") = article written by the respective musician himself
(O) = obituary
(R) = extensive record review
(T) = transcription
[vert.file] = xerox copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
[digi.file] = digital copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt |
The Jazz Index on
this page has been compiled and updated 30. May 2007 by Wolfram Knauer
Encyclopedia entries:
- Leonard Feather: The
Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960
- Leonard Feather: The
Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 60s, New York 1966
- Leonard Feather &
Ira Gitler: The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, New York 1976
- Bill Lee: People in Jazz.
Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19ths and 20th Century, Hialeah/FL 1984
- Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather,
Brian Priestley: Jazz. The Essential Companion, London 1987
- Barry Kernfeld (ed.):
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, London 1988
- Martin Kunzler (ed.):
ro-ro-ro Jazz-Lexikon, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1988
- Philippe Carles, André
Clergeat, Jean-Louis Comolli: Dictionnaire du Jazz, Paris 1988
- Carlo Bohländer,
Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclams Jazzführer, Stuttgart 1989
- Philippe Carles, André
Clergeat, Jean-Louis Comolli: Dictionnaire du Jazz, Paris 4/1995
- Steve Holtje & Nancy
Ann Lee (eds.): MusicHound Jazz. The Essential Album Guide, Detroit/MI 1999
- Ian Carr & Digby
Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Jazz Rough Guide, Stuttgart 1999
- Leonard Feather &
Ira Gitler: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1999
- Ian Carr & Digby
Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Jazz, The Rough Guide. The Essential Companion
to Artists and Albums, London 2000
- Barry Kernfeld (ed.):
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, London 2001
1953:
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/6 (25.Mar.1953), p. 21 (news column: Hazel
Scott, Brew Moore, Ted Paskert, Dick Garcia, Charlie Parker, Paul Bley, Oscar
Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, Oscar Pettiford, Erskine Hawkins, Savannah Churchill,
Joe Allegro, Tony Pastor)
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 21 (news column: Deep
Rivers Boys, Gisele MacKenzie, Lena Horne, Deep River Boys, Four Tunes, Tony
Alamo, Tony Pastor, Hazel Scott, Yma Sumac, Xavier Cugat, Allen Eager, Sonny
Rollins, Max Roach, Leonard McBrowne, Frank Sinatra, Hal Gaylor, Bob Mullor,
Miles Davis, Paul Bley)
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/9 (6.May 1953), p. 20 (news column: Four
Aces, Kai Winding, Rob Roby, Paul Bley, Steve Garrick, Yvan Laundry, John
Lands, Paula Watson, Al McGowan, Jackie McLean, Eileen Barton, Ben Yost Vikings,
Ella Mae Morse, Canadairs, Artie Wayne, Lionel Hamton)
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 28 (news column: The
Ravens, Lionel Hampton, Jo Ann Jordan, Frank Costi, Henry Scott, Ilona Massey,
Paul Bley, Art Robert, Neil Chotem, Yvonne, Duke Ellington, Art Morrow, Arnett
Cobb, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Wini Brown, Slam Stewart, Harold Smith)
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 28 (news column: The
Ravens, Lionel Hampton, Jo Ann Jordan, Frank Costi, Henry Scott, Ilona Massey,
Paul Bley, Art Robert, Neil Chotem, Yvonne, Duke Ellington, Art Morrow, Arnett
Cobb, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Wini Brown, Slam Stewart, Harold Smith)
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 19 (news column: Frank Petty,
Blake Sewell, Clyde Gilmour, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson, Peggy Lee, Billy
Daniels, Paul Bley, Leonard Feather)
- Henry Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/15 (29.Jul.1953), p. 20 (news column:
Benny Louis, Johnnie Ray, Peter Barry, Robert Maxwell, Denise Shaw, Maury
Kaye, Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson, Reta Moss, Warren Reid, Glenn Miller,
Jo Ann Jordan, Neil Chotem, Norm Spunt, Irving Pall, Billy Eckstine, Paul
Bley)
- NN: Canadian Film Short
Highlights Jazz Clubs, in: Down Beat, 20/15 (29.Jul.1953), p. 4 (short F)
- Henry F. Whiston: Strictly
Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/23 (18.Nov.1953), p. 21 (news column:
Johnny Hodges, Earl Hines, Cootie Williams, Bull Moose Jackson, Dave Brubeck,
Stan Getz, Buddy DeFranco, Terry Gibbs, Earl Bostic, Art Tatum, Ray Lafond,
Stan Bankley, Bob Hopkins, Teri Evans, Harry James, Will Cowan, Charles Mingus,
Hal Gaylor, Steve Garrick, Al Martino, Paul Bley, Neil Michaud, Kenny Edmons)
1954:
- Bill Coss: File for the
Future. Paul Bley, in: Metronome, 70/4 (Apr.1954), p. 18
1955:
- Leonard Feather: Leonard
Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Mar.1955, p. 41 (N: replaces Paul
Bley in Chet Baker Quartet) [digi.copy]
- NN: Paul Bley –
"Drum One" / "Autumn Breeze" (Austroton / Mercury M 16
006), in: Jazz-Echo, Apr.1955, p. 49 (R) [digi.copy]
- Bob Fulford: Paul Bley
- Jazz Is Just About Ready Or Another Revolution, Says Canada's Young Pianist,
in: Down Beat, 61/7 (Jul.1994), p. 52 (F/I; Reprint aus DB, 13.Jul.1955)
1956:
1957:
- NN: Music USA. The Eastern
Circuit - Paul Bley en route, in: Metronome, 74/2 (Feb.1957), p. 6, 8, 37
- "w.h.": ...
und Neues in Kürze von "way out west", in: Jazz Podium, 6/9
(Sep.1957), p. 11 (N: plays at Hillcrest Club with Dave Pike, Charlie Haden,
Lennie McBrown; arrangements by Carla Bley [Borg]) [digi.copy]
1958:
- Frank Kofsky: Jazz in
San Francisco. Paul Bley Plays and Persuades, in: Metronome, 75/6 (Jun.1958),
p. 8-10 (F)
1959:
- B. Crow: Paul Bley -
Solemn Meditation, in: Jazz Review, 2/2 (1959), p. 31 (R)
- NN: strictly ad lib.
Montreal, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (15.Oct.1959), p. 45 (news column: Frank Motley,
Alfred Wade, Peggy Lloyd, Harry Holmok, Paul Bley, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington,
Glenn Miller)
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
Montreal, in: Down Beat, 26/23 (12.Nov.1959), p. 53 (news column: Ja Da Quartet,
Perry Como, Oleatha, Peggy Lloyd, Peter Barry, Gordie Fleming, Al Hibbler,
Frank Costi, Brian Browne, Pete Fleming, Glenn Robb, Paul Bley, Neil Michaud,
Rene Thomas, Hildegarde, Denny Vaughan, Bob Hopkins, Diana Trask)
1960:
1961:
- NN: DJF bringt Giuffre
Three und Paul Bley, in: Jazz Podium, 10/7 (Jul.1961), p. 191
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 28/24 (23.Nov.1961), p. 12, 52 (news column: Dizzy
Gillespie, Lalo Schifrin, Joe Glaser, Jacob J. Javits, Louis Armstrong, Danny
Kaye, Bob Hope, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Don Ellis, Les Davis, George
Crater, Joseph Beinhorn, Jerry Shafer, Horace Parlan, Cecil Taylor, Sol Fisch,
Ted Curson, Lenny Bruce, Art Auerbach, Booker Little, Eric Dolphy, Julian
Priester, Max Roach, Lionel Hampton, Leroy Vinnegar, Stan Levy, Albert Nicholas,
Jimmy Demopolos, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Rushing, Bob Messinger, Clark Terry,
Bob Brookmeyer, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Jack Paar, Orson Bean, Joyce Ackers,
Al Grey, Billy Mitchell, C.B. Atkins, Sarah Vaughan, Howard McGhee, Hazel
Scott, Lou McGarity, Benny Goodman, Charles Schwartz, Arthur Treacher, Imogene
Coca, Don Elliott, Gary Elpern, Tom Stewart, Whitney Cronan, John Lee, Teddy
Wilson, Gene Krupa, Nat Hentoff, Eddie Condon, Peggy Lee, Steve Allen, Harry
James, Nina Ray, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland, Phil Woods, Doc
Severinson, Urbie Green, Bobby Byrne, Tony Mottola, Bob Thiele, Bill Nalle)
1962:
1963:
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
Montreal, in: Down Beat, 30/1 (3.Jan.1963), p. 43 (news column: Pepper Adams,
Jimmy Heath, Sonny Red, Paul Bley, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maury Kaye, Archie Alleyne,
Steve Gibson, Milt Buckner, Bill Doggett, Miriam Makeba, Joan Baez, The Weavers,
Ted Curson, Johan Kunst, Al Doctor, Charlie Biddles, Charlie Duncan, Perry
Carman, Al Baculis, Buck Lacombe, Tony Chappell, Ronny Page, Gordie Fleming,
Joe Christie Jr., Yvan Landry, Jack Sthyka)
- Paul Bley: Letters to
the Editor. Henry Whiston & All That Jazz, in: Coda, 5/6 (Jan.1963), p.
20 (letter)
1964:
- Don Heckman: Paul Bley,
in: Down Beat, 31/7 (12.Mar.1964), p. 16-17 (F/I)
1965:
- Leonard Feather: Blindfold
Test. Cannonball Adderley, in: Down Beat, 32/26 (16.Dec.1965), p. 39 (BT:
Lucky Thompson: "People"; Paul Bley: "Around Again"; Yank
Lawson: "Come Back, Sweet Papa"; Paul Desmond: "A Taste of
Honey"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 32/27 (30.Dec.1965), p. 42 (BT: Miles
Davis: "R.J."; Duke Ellington: "Goodbye"; Sonny Rollins:
"Blue Room"; Kenny Dorham: "Night Watch")
- NN: 26 jazzmen nouveau
à la question. Paul Bley, in: Jazz Magazine, #125 (1965), p. 44
- NN: strictly ad lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 32/11 (20.May 1965), p. 11, 39 (news column: Carla
Bley, Burton Greene, Bill Dixon, Mike Mantler, Bob Zottola, Garnett Brown,
Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Lyons, Ken McIntyre, Sam Rivers, John Tchicai,
Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Tony Williams, Giuseppe Logan, Milford Graves, Stephan
Scharff, Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Vincent Pitts, Frank
Haynes, Joe Knight, Ernie Farrow, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, Reggie Johnson,
Roger Blank, Sonny Rollins, Willie Cook, Tommy Turrentine, Walter Davis Jr.,
Bill Davis, Frankie Dunlop, Ray Charles, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett, Mary Lou
Williams, Joe Castro, Eddie Thompson, John Bunch, Eddie Condon, Max Kaminsky,
Al Hall, Roy Eldridge, Walter Bishop Jr., Roland Hanna, Terri Thornton, Ben
Tucker, Percy Bryce, Roland Kirk, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry
Mulligan, Barry Miles, Ray Codrington, Bob Porcelli, Walter Booker, Lamont
Johnson, Ed Summerlin, Ron Carter, Lew Gluckin, Bob Norden)
- Pete Welding: Paul Bley
- "Footloose" (Savoy), in: Down Beat, 32/17 (12.Aug.1965), p. 26
(R)
- B. Caylor: Gespräch
mit Musikern. Carla und Paul Bley, in: Jazz Podium, 14/10 (Oct.1965), p. 250-253
(I)
- NN: Carla und Paul Bley
beim NDR Jazz-Workshop, in: Jazz Podium, 14/10 (Oct.1965), p. 246 (C)
- Harvey Pekar: Paul Bley
- "Barrage" (ESP), in: Down Beat, 32/23 (4.Nov.1965), p. 28, 30
(R)
- W. Kraesse: Interview
mit Paul Bley, in: Jazz Podum, 14/11 (Nov.1965), p. 284 (I)
1966:
- G. Merceron: Pudique
Bley, in: Jazz Hot, 32/219 (1966), p. 16-18, 36
- J.-L. Ginibre: Du blé
pour Bley, in: Jazz Magazine, #126 (1966), p. 16-17
- NN: Das Paul Bley Trio
in Europa, in: Sounds, 1/1966-67, p. 37-38
- Gérald Merceron:
Pudique Bley. Quelle est la place de Paul Bley parmi les pianistes de demain?,
in: Jazz Hot, #219 (Apr.1966), p. 16-18, 36 (F/I)
- Leonard Feather: Blindfold
Test. Howard Rumsey, in: Down Beat, 33/7 (7.Apr.1966), p. 34 (BT: Shorty Rogers:
"Echoes of Harlem"; Red Mitchell/Harold Land: "Pari-Passu";
Maynard Ferguson: "No More Wood"; Ray Brown: "Cannon-Bilt";
Paul Bley: "Walking Woman"; Stan Kenton: "Artemis; Ramsey Lewis:
"Something You Got"); response, by Betty Hamann, in: Down Beat,
33/9 (5.May 1966), p. 8, 11 (letter)
- Leonard Feather: Blindfold
Test. Charlie Haden, in: Down Beat, 33/11 (2.Jun.1966), p. 36 (BT: John Handy:
"Pretty Side Avenue"; Charles Mingus: "Celia"; Paul Bley:
"Ictus"; Modern Jazz Quartet: "Animal Dance"; Mitchell/Ruff
Duo: "Improvisation on Solo for Unaccompanied Bass"; Victor Feldman:
"Serpent's Tooth") [digi.copy]
- Max Harrison: Coleman
and the Consequences. Six ESP Discs Reviewed, in: Jazz Monthly, 12/4 (Jun.1966),
p. 11-15 (F/R: Ornette Coleman, Byron Allen, Sun Ra, Bob James, Giuseppe Logan,
Paul Bley)
- Keith Knox: Paul Bley,
in: Jazz Monthly, 12/10 (Dec.1966), p. 7-10 (F)
1967:
- Philippe Carles: Champ
et contrechamp sur Bley, in: Jazz Magazine, #141 (1967), p. 40-45
1968:
- NN: Potpourri. Paul Bley
Trio at Town Hall, in: Down Beat, 35/1 (11.Jan.1968), p. 14 (N)
- Michael Cuscuna: Paul
Bley. Being Together, in: Down Beat, 35/21 (17.Oct.1968), p. 20-21 (F/I)
1969:
1970:
- Eric T. Vogel: Der Jazz
der 70er Jahre ist elektrisch. Interview mit Paul Bley und Annette Peacock,
in: Jazz Podium, 19/1 (Jan.1970), p. 10-11, 24 (I)
- John Benson Brooks: Caught
in the Act. Paul Bley/Annette Peacock, Philharmonic Hall, Lincln Center, New
York City, in: Down Beat, 37/7 (2.Apr.1970), p. 29 (C)
- Tam Fiofori: Moog Modulations.
A Symposium, in: Down Beat, 37/14 (23.Jul.1970), p. 14-16, 34, 39 (F/I with
Robert Moog, Chris Swanson, Annette Peacock, Paul Bley, Sun Ra)
- Leonard Feather: Blindfold
Test. Chick Corea, in: Down Beat, 37/23 (26.Nov.1970), p. 30 (BT: Gary Bartz:
"Amal"; Paul Bley: "Ramblin'"; Alice Coltrane: "Turiya
& Ramakrishna"; Jazz Crusaders: "Funny Shuffle"; McCoy
Tyner: "Inception")
- NN: Paul Bley Synthesizer
Show, in: Jazz Podium, 19/11 (Nov.1970), p. 385 (N)
1971:
- R. Williams: Bley - A
Sensitive Swinger, in: Melody Maker, 2.Jan.1971, p. 24 (R: Paul Bley)
- R. Williams: Paul Bley
- Ballads, in: Melody Maker, 8.May 1971, p. 31 (R)
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 38/14 (22.Jul.1971), p. 12, 43 (news column: Frank
Strozier, Julius Watkins, Clifford Jordan, Harold Mabern, Jamil Nasser, Keno
Duke, Mongo Santamaria, Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones, Clark Terry, Buddy Tate,
Pat Jenkins, Eli Robinson, Ben Richardson, Bill Spooner, Herbie Cowans, Judy
Canterino, Dick Katz, Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Dill Jones, Bill Pemberton, Oliver
Jackson, Charlie Shavers, Bob Casey, Eddie Condon, Harry Balaban, Eddie Condon,
Wild Bill Davison, Lou McGarity, Dick Rath, Red Richards, Kenny Davern, Marcus
Foster, Cecil Taylor, Steve Levi, Karyl Wolfe, Craig Purpura, Herman Milligan,
Douglas Harris, Bob Kaufman, Richard Keene, Bob Zankel, Tom Lachmund, David
Birkin, Karen Kambitsis, Carla Poole, Sam Lobel, Estelle Katz, Jeff Crespi,
Clifford Sykes, James Lyons, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille, Ken Miller, Ernie
Wilkins, Chris Woods, Joe Newman, Howard McGhee, Barry Miles, Rom Roullier,
Lew Anderson, Ruth Brisbane, Ray Barretto, Roland Hanna, Eddie Locke, Thad
Jones, Mel Lewis, Rick Colbeck, Otis Harris, Bruce Johnson, Rom Burton, Rom
Miller, Selwyn Lissack, George Barnes, Bucky Pizzarelli, Doc Severinsen, Buddy
Rich, Woody Herman, Chris Connors, Blossom Dearie, Mike Abene, Richard Davis,
Tony Lupo, Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul, Charles
Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie; Earth, Wind & Fire; Weather Report, Cannonball
Adderley, Roberta Flack, Joe Williams, Donny Hathaway, Al Haig, Dill Jones,
Marian McPartland, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy McPartland, Julius Schwartz, Jerry
Kail, Vaughn de Forest, Gary Gurzio, Bob Hamilton, Thomas Rheam, Eph Resnick,
John Mosca, Allan Kaplan, Abdul Hammeed, Dave Taylor, Marty Oberlander, Tommy
Alfano, Frank Perowsky, Lew Delgatto, Kenny Berger, Harvey Sarch, Tony Monte,
Kiyoshi Konunaga, Bud Nealy, Bob Naughton, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage,
Richard YOungstein, Ran D.K., Carla Bley, Hal Galper, Bo Diddley, Lloyd Price,
Aiye Niwaju, Cecil McBee, Dick Griffin, Norman Connors, Chief Bey, Leon Atkinson,
Khaliq Al-Rouf, Jerome Richardson, Billy Taylor, Allman Bros., J. Geils Band,
B.B. King, Moby Grape, Gato Barbieri, Kenny Burrell, Paul Bley, John McLaughlin,
Roland Alexander, Hakim Jami, Michael Shepherd, Carmen Leggio, Dick Massinelli,
Knobby Totah, Carl Ferraro)
- R. Williams: Bley's Ornette
Tapes, in: Melody Maker, 10.Jul.1971, p. 14
- R. Williams: Paul Bley
and Annette Peacock (at Hampstead's Country Club in London), in: Melody Maker,
27.Nov.1971, p. 24 (C)
1972:
- M. Cuscuna: Paul Bley/Chick
Corea - A.R.C.; Dave Holland/Barre Phillips/Robin Kenyatta - Girl from Martinique,
in: Down Beat, 39/9 (1972), p. 26, 29 (R)
- M. Levin: Paul Bley -
The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show, in: Down Beat, 39/5 (1972), p. 22 (R)
- NN: Paul Bley/Annette
Peacock, in: Jazz Magazine, #203 (1972), p. 9-11
- Philippe Carles: Paul
Bley/Annette Peacock's Synthesizer Show (Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris), in:
Jazz Magazine, #196 (1972), p. 34-35 (C)
- W. Smith: Paul Bley/Annette
Peacock - Ballads / Ramblin' / I'm the One, in: Down Beat, 39/8 (1972), p.
16 (R)
1973:
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 40/12 (21.Jun.1973), p. 12, 36 (news column: Roy
Haynes, John Mosely, Mario Rivera, Cedric Lawson, Don Pate, Freddie Hubbard,
Yusef Lateef, Elvin Jones, John Blair, John Lewis, Monty Waters, Art Lewis,
Betty Carter, Danny Mixon, Alex Blake, Louis Hayes, Grover Washington Jr.,
Mark Murphy, Joe Williams, Duke Pearson, Hampton Hawes, James Moody, John
Hicks, Chris White, Leroy Williams, Stan Getz, Richie Beirach, Dave Holland,
Jack DeJohnette, Dick Cone, Leo Ball, Benny Goodman, McCoy Tyner, Lee Konitz,
Marshall Brown, Paul Bley, Alex Blake, Barry Altschul, Gil Evans, Barbara
Carroll, Woody Allen, Charles Lloyd, Tyree Glenn, Marian McPartland, Carrie
Smith, Norman Connors, Frank Foster, Joe Lee Wilson, Ruth Brisbane, The Prime
Element, Omar Clay, Warren Smith, Novella Nelson, Teri Thornton, Ellerine
Harding, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Chubby Checker, Brenda Lee, Tito Puente,
La Lupe, Azteca, La Selecta, Joe Cuba, Charles Earland, Joe Ciavardone, Billy
Rubenstein, Bucky Calabrese, Maurice Mark, Ray Nance, Brooks Kerr, Ben Richardson,
Doc Cheatham, Earle Warren, Chuck Folds, Tiny Grimes, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones,
Jimmy Giuffre 3, Nikki Giovanni, Melba Moore, Wilson Pickett, Jay Brower,
Dave Gale, Jack Gale, Bernie Berger, Dick Hafer, Ron Parker, Fred Exner, Irwin
Cooper, Denise Lor, Babatunde Olatunji)
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 40/11 (7.Jun.1973), p. 42-43 (news column: Chick
Corea, Larry Coryell, Duke Ellington, Ray Bryant, Wild Bill Davis, Earl Hines,
Brooks Kerr, Ellis Larkins, Bobby Short, Randy Weston, Ray Charles, Al Hibbler,
Stevie Wonder, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Anthony Hymas, George Duvivier,
Bobby Rosengarden, Eddie Daniels, Roland Hanna, Corky Hale, Steve Blum, John
Miller, Mel Lewis, Woody Allen, Bobby Hackett, Kenny Davern, Conrad Janis,
Norman Connors, Charles Sullivan, Carlos Ward, Carlos Garnett, Onaje Allen
Gumbs, Alex Blake, Nat Bettis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Ayers, Rahsaan Rland
Kirk, Roy Haynes, Betty Carter, Nellie Lutcher, Skeeter Best, Morris Edwards,
Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli, Marian McPartland, Jimmy McPartland,
Buddy Tate, James Moody, Jackie Paris, Ann Marie Moss, Harold Melvin, Joel
Kaye, Rod Levitt, Jimmy Nottingham, George Marge, Arnie Lawrence, Kenny Berger,
Sy Johnson, Jay Leonhart, Ronnie Bedford, Don Elliott, Mike Kull, Don Wallace,
Joe Corsello, Ralph Williams, Herman Foster, Alex Lane, Kahlil Madi, Robin
Randall, J.J.P. Quartet, Joe Farrell, Joe Beck, Louis Prima, Bernard Small,
Art Mackay, Bill Spooner, Bernard Mackey, Danny Mixon, Reggie Moore, John
Abercrombie, Peter LaBarbera, Pete Yellin, Butch Jones, Dave Shapiro, Chip
White, George Braith, Carl Cornwell, Doug Hawthorne, John Ore, Steve Haas,
Bob Schtuler, Angel Allende, Paul Jeffrey, Free Energy, Abdulla, Essence,
Monty Waters, Karl Berger, Sam Rivers, Sunny Murray, Paul Bley, Robin Kenyatta,
Frank Lowe, Dewey Redman, Michael Moss, Michael Rod, Gunter Hampel, John Fischer,
Vince McEwan, Gerald Wise, Bryon Morris, Mike Kull, Frak Clayton, Abdush Shadid,
Joe Clayton, Jimmy Owens, Stanley Cowell, Musica Elettronica Viva, Alvin Curran,
Garrett List, Gregory Reeve, L. Shankar, George Mgrdichian, Jimmy Garrison,
Robert Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Hilton Ruiz, Frank Foster, Reggie Workman,
Billy Higgins, Stella Marrs, Ruth Brisbane, Howard McGhee, Joe Carroll, Staple
Singers, Bill Hardman, Hank Mobley, Neil Wolfe, Richard Youngstein, Armen
Halburian, Jimmy Madison, Norris Turney, Ornette Coleman, Betty Roche, Lonnie
Hillyer, Charles Mingus, Charles McPherson, Novella Nelson, Charlie Rich,
Bill Quateman, Oregon, Tracy Nelson, Morhter Earth, Dave Busikin, Johnny Winter,
Billy Taylor, Great Swamp Jazz Band, Claude Hopkins, Buddy Morrow, Mel Davis,
Pee Wee Erwin)
- Gudrun Endress: Die Einsamkeit
des Paul Bley, in: Jazz Podium, 22/7 (Jul.1973), p. 10-12 (F/I)
- NN: Strictly Ad Lib.
New York, in: Down Beat, 40/13 (19.Jul.1973), p. 11, 41 (news column: McCoy
Tyner, Azar Lawrence, Sonny Fortune, Juny Booth, Alphonse Mouzon, Alan Shorter,
Lee Konitz, Marshall Brown, Paul Bley, Dick Katz, Chuck Israels, Barry Altschul,
Sonny Stitt, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Al Harewood, Bill Evans,
Gerry Mulligan, Hank Jones, , Sam Brown, Joe Venute, Jimmy Madison, Zoot Sims,
Ben Aronov, George Mraz, Sam Jones, Bill Goodwin, Joe Williams, Hampton Hawes,
Grover Washington, Mark Murphy, Max Roach, World's Greatest Jazz Band, Freddie
Hubbard, Michael Carbin, Junior Cook, George Cables, Kent Brinkley, Yusef
Lateef, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, Chuck
Mangione, Ken Duke, Frank Strozier, George Coleman, Clifford Jordan, Harold
Mabern, Wilbur Little, Charles McPherson, Ernie Wilkins, Barry Harris, Betty
Carter, Danny Mixon, Roy Eldridge, Barry Martin, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman,
Urbie Green, John Bunch, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bobby Rosengarden, Teddi King,
Morty Jay, Doug Carn, Larry Young, Gary Bartz, Art Gore, Allen Gumbs, Olu
Dara, Charles McGee, Ron Burton, Michael Carver, Alex Blake, Buddy Williams,
Harry Constant, Louis Hayes, Mickey Bass, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson,
Norman Connors, Zahir Batin, Marian McPartland, Jimmy McPartland, Buddy Tate,
Rusty Gilder, Jackie Williams, Tyree Glenn, Josephine Baker, Bricktop, Hubert
Laws, Leon Thomas, Frank Foster, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ile Nilaja, Kenny Barron,
Donny Hathaway, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Owens, Leonard Goines, Porter Poindexter,
Julius Watkins, John Buckingham, Anne Philips, Maxine Sullivan, Dick Hyman,
Eddie Martin, Bubbles Martin, Rogers Grant, Jimmy Shirley, Earl Williams,
Steve Lloyd, Larris Browner, Mike Abene, George Young, Lyn Christie, Cedar
Walton, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Clifford Jordan, Bill Lee, Omar Clary, Bobby
Timmons, Wayne Dockery, Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, Ray Nance, Brooks Kerr,
Matthew Gee, Bobby Forrester, Frankie Dunlop, Lou Donaldson, Arthur Prysock,
Red Prysock, Jual Curtis, Eddie Eiehl, Bu Pleasant, Irene Reid, Gloria Coleman,
Morgana King, Melvin Sparks, Junior Mance, Nat Davis, Skinny Burgen, Sonny
Brown, Chico Hamilton, The Hoofers, Harvey Ray, Stash O'Laughlin, John Carbone,
Al Drears, Ruby Braff, George Barnes, Dick Hyman, George Duvivier, Jo Jones,
Mura Dehn, Alvin Ailey, Alice Coltrane, Bobby Scott, Janis Joplin, Hugh Masekela,
Leon Russell, Brother John Sellers, Voices of East Harlem, Roy Ayers, Hookfot,
Stardrive, Howlin' Wolf, Al Kooper, Marv Greiflinger, Jazzmobile Orchestra,
Gene Berst, Tom Grund, John Cotton, Ali Richardson, Jeremy Steig, John Abercrombie,
Glen Moore, Jan Hammer, Jay Brower, Eileen Barton, Dick Hafer, Tony Graye,
Freddie Gibbs, Sonny Dallas, Hank Veal, Jaimie Carver, George Benson, Roland
Hanna, Gary Burton, Doc Cheatham, Frank Wess, Ed Graf)
- Frankie Nemko: "Paul
Bley " Scorpio" (Milestone), in: Down Beat, 40/15 (13.Sep.1973),
p. 20 (R)
- Will Smith: Paul Bley
– "Open, To Love" (ECM), in: Down Beat, 40/16 (11.Oct.1973),
p. 29 (R) [digi.copy]
1974:
- Robert Urmann: Paul Bley,
in: Blues Notes, 6/21 (1974), p. 30-32 (F/D)
- Joe Klee & Will Smith:
Focus on Paul Bley, in: Down Beat, 41/1 (17.Jan.1974), p. 12-13 (F/I); correction
as "Oops!", in: Down Beat, 41/3 (14.Feb.1974), p. 10 (short F)
- NN: Bley Forms Scorpio,
in: Melody Maker, 6.Jul.1974, p. 20
- NN: Paul Bley gründet
Free Rock Band, in: Jazz Podium, 23/7 (Jul.1974), p. 8 (N)
- NN: Potpourri. Paul Bley
on electric jazz, in: Down Beat, 41/14 (15.Aug.1974), p. 9 (N/short I)
1975:
- Leonard Feather: Blindfold
Test. Horace Silver, in: Down Beat, 42/4 (27.Feb.1975), p. 26 (BT: Mary Lou
Williams: "Olinga"; Paul Bley: "Closer"; Bill Evans: "Israel";
Jimmy Rowles: "Lotus Blossom"; Miles Davis: "Red China Blues";
Patrice Rushen: "Puttered Bopcorn")
- Jon Balleras: Paul Bley
- "Open, to Love" (ECM), in: Down Beat, 42/6 (27.Mar.1975), p. 17-18
(R)
- Jon Balleras: Paul Bley
- "Copenhagen and Haarlem" (Arista/Freedom), in: Down Beat, 42/17
(23.Oct.1975), p. 28 (R)
1976:
- Don Heckman: Paul Bley
- "Turning Point" (IAI); "Quiet Song" (IAI), in: Jazz
(Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 33-34 (R)
- NN: On the Bandstand.
Paul Bley, in: Jazz Forum, #44 (1976), p. 34-35 (F)
- Roger Riggins: An Interview
with Paul Bley. The Politics of the Improvisor, in: The Crackle, 1/3 (Autumn
1976), p. 42-43 (F/I)
- Yves Thébault:
Pièges pour Bley, in: Jazz Magazine, #242 (Mar.1976), p. 15 (BT: Chick
Corea: "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"; Bill Evans: "Never Let
Me Go" / "My Foolish Heart"; Denny Zeitlin: "Lonely Woman";
Earl Hines: "Black Coffee"; Mal Waldron: "Champs Elysées";
Andrew Hill: "Refuge"; "Thelonious Monk: "Nice Work If
You Can Get It")
- Steve Lake: Bley School,
in: Melody Maker, 9.Oct.1976, p. 50
1977:
- Don Heckman: Paul Bley
- "Japan Suite" (IAI), in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/4 (Summer 1977),
p. 49 (R)
- Eric Levin: Paul Bley.
Avant-Gardist in Mellow Years, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/4 (Summer 1977),
p. 46-47 (F/I)
- Howard Mandel: Paul Bley
- Pastorius/Metheny/Ditmas/Bley, in: Down Beat, 44/6 (1977), p. 20, 22 (R)
- John B. Litweiler: Paul
Bley - Live at the Hillcrest Club 1958, in: Down Beat, 44/1 (1977), p. 23,
26-27 (R)
- Lawrence Kart: Paul Bley,
Ornette Coleman - "Live at the Hillcrest Club, 1958" (Inner City),
in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/3 (Spring 1977), p. 51 (R)
- Lawrence Kart: Paul Bley,
Ornette Coleman - "Live at the Hillcrest Club, 1958" (Inner City),
in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/3 (Spring 1977), p. 51 (R)
- Daniel Soutif: En direct.
Bley/Peacock, in: Jazz Magazine, #252 (Feb/Mar.1977), p. 8-9 (C)
- Len Lyons: Piano Panorama.
Insights into the Ivories, in: Down Beat, 44/5 (10.Mar.1977), p. 18-19 (short
I)
- Len Lyons: IAI - Paul
Bley's Bold Experiment, in: Down Beat, 44/10 (19.May 1977), p. 50-52 (I)
1978:
- Chuck Stern: Paul Bley
- Axis. Solo Piano, in: Down Beat, 45/18 (1978), p. 30 (R)
- Gene Perla: Paul Bley.
A Dialogue, in: Jazz Forum, #52 (1978), p. 26-28 (I)
- NN: Bley Markets Videotape
Shows, in: Down Beat, 45/19 (16.Nov.1978), p. 14 (N)
1979:
- Bill Smith: Paul Bley
Interview/Discography, in: Coda, #166 (1979), p. 2-11 (I/D)
- Ib Skovgaard Peterson
& Laurent Goddet: A Paul Bley Discography, in: Coda, #166 (Apr.1979),
p. 9-11 (D)
- Alex Dutilh: Concerts.
Paul Bley, et TOK, in: Jazz Hot, #363/364 (Jul/Aug.1979), p. 61 (C)
1980:
- Gudrun Endress: Die Einsamkeit
des Paul Bley, in: Gudrun Endress: Jazz Podium. Musiker über sich selbst,
Stuttgart 1980 [book], p. 192-195 (I)
1981:
- Denis Levaillant: Paul
Bley, in: Denis Levaillant: L'improvisation musicale. Essai sur la puissance
du jeu, Paris 1981 [book], p. 201-202 (A/T: Vashkar)
- Hans Kumpf: Paul Bley,
in: Hans Kumpf: Postserielle Musik und Free Jazz. Wechselwirkungen und Parallelen,
Rohrdorf 2/1981 [book], p. 39-40 (F)
- Jacques Laurans: Jazz
en direct. Paul Bley, in: Jazz Magazine, #302 (Dec.1981), p. 11 (C)
1982:
- André Francis:
Jazz (nouvelle édition), Malesherbes 1982 [book: Microcosme / Seuil],
p. 242-243 (F)
1983:
- Christian Tartin: Paul
Bley (Salle du Conseil Culturel d'Avignon), in: Jazz Magazine, #315 (1983),
p. 14 (C)
- Len Lyons: Paul Bley,
in: Len Lyons: The Great Jazz Pianists Speaking of Their Lives and Music,
New York 1983 [book], p. 158-166 (I)
- Vittorio Castelli &
Luca Cerchiari: Jazz su disco, Milano 1983 [book: Oscar Mondadori], p. 178-179
(R: "Alone Again", IAI)
1984:
- Christian Béthune:
Paul Bley (à Paris), in: Jazz Magazine, #326 (1984), p. 16 (C)
1985:
- Christian Béthune:
Paul Bley/George Lewis/Yves Robert, Montreuill, in: Jazz Magazine, #339 (1985),
p. 15 (C)
- J. Levin: Paul Bley -
Sonor, in: Jazz Magazine, #340 (1985), p. 42 (R)
- Jacques Demierre: Paul
Bley (Solo), Centre américaine, in: Jazz Magazine, #338 (1985), p.
10 (C)
1986:
- Ed Hazell: Paul Bley,
in: Coda, #207 (1986), p. 28 (C)
- J. Bernlef: Hup en weg,
over Paul Bley, in: Jazzjaarboek, 5 (1986), p. 84-88 (F)
- Marc Chénard:
Paul Bley. An Appraisal, in: Coda, #209 (1986), p. 21 (R)
- Mike Zwerin: Paul Bley
- Ramblin' with the Disappearing Man, in: The Wire, #24 (1986), p. 7 (I)
- Marc Chenard: Paul Bley.
An Appraisal, in: Coda, #209 (Aug/Sep.1986), p. 21-23 (F/R)
1987:
- Mark Miller: Paul Bley,
in: Mark Miller: Boogie, Pete & The Senator. Canadian Musicians in Jazz.
The Eighties, Toronto 1987 [book], p. 56-67 (F/I)
- P. Kostakis: Paul Bley
- Hot / Fragments, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 35-36 (R)
- Peter Kostakis: Paul
Bley - "Hot" (Soul Note); "Fragments" (ECM), in: Down
Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 35-36 (R)
- Claudio Sessa: Paul Bley/Bill
Frisell/Paul Motian/John Surman Quartet, Dalmine, in: Musica Jazz, 43/12 (Dec.1987),
p. 12 (C)
- Jack Cooke: Live Wire.
Paul Bley, in: The Wire, #46/47 (Dec/Jan.1987/1988), p. 22-23 (C)
1988:
- Bill Shoemaker: The Paul
Bley Quartet, in: Down Beat, 55/10 (Oct.1988), p. 32-33 (R)
1989:
- Josef Woodard: Paul Bley,
in: Down Beat, 56/8 (Aug.1989), p. 14 (F/I)
1990:
- Jeroen de Valk: Gehoord
& Gezien. Paul Bley, in: Jazz Nu, #145 (Dec.1990), p. 133-134 (C)
1991:
- Art Lange: The Life of
a Trio, in: Down Beat, 58/11 (Nov.1991), p. 42, 44 (R: "The Floater Syndrome";
"The Life of a Trio"; "Bebop")
1992:
- NN: Biografie. Paul Bley,
in: Pan, #54 (Mar.1992), p. 2 (F)
- Paolo Occhiuto: Paul
Bley/Gary Peacock-Do, Perugia, in: Musica Jazz, 48/6 (Jun.1992), p. 11 (C)
- Art Lange: Piano Odyssey.
Paul Bley - Bley In, Bley Out, in: Down Beat, 59/8 (Aug.1992), p. 34-36 (F/I)
- Hans Ruland: Das Jazz-Portrait.
60-70-80: Paul Bley, Ralph Sutton, Teddy Wilson, in: Jazz Zeitung, 17/11 (Nov.1992),
p. 3-6 (F)
1993:
- Antonio Sorbo: Paul Bley
& Gary Peacock, in: Blu Jazz, 5/38 (1993), p. 15-16 (I)
- Lewis Porter & Michael
Ullman: Paul Bley, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, in: Lewis Porter &
Michael Ullman: Jazz. From Its Origins to the Present, Englewood Cliffs/NJ
1993 [book], p. 342-353 (F)
- Laurent Cugny: Les champs
de Bley, in: Jazzman, #162 (Jan.1993), p. 5 (F)
- Bill Shoemaker: Paul
Bley's Irregular Routine, in: Jazz Times, 23/1 (Feb.1993), p. 37, 96 (F/I)
- Thierry Peremarti: Vu
par..., in: Jazz Hot, #498 (Mar.1993), p. 28-29 (I über Archie Shepp)
- Thierry Peremarti: Vu
par..., in: Jazz Hot, #498 (Mar.1993), p. 27-30 (F/I mit John Stubblefield,
Yusef Lateef, Ted Curson, Paul Bley, Sonny Fortune, Barry Harris, Avery Sharpe,
Horace Parlan); part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #499 (Apr.1993), p. 38-40 (F/I mit David
Murray, Tim Berne, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Santi Debriano, John Purcell)
- Klaus Robert Bachmann:
Das Flüsterrohr und die blumige Pathetik. Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve
Swallow, in: Jazz Podium, 42/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1993), p. 48 (C)
- Scott Yanow: Paul Bley.
The IAI Story. A Review Interview, in: Coda, #251 (Sep/Oct.1993), p. 11-15
(I/R)
- Lars Westin: På
scen. Trevande frispel. Paul Bley Trio [Giuffre Trio], in: Orkester Journalen,
61/11 (Nov.1993), p. 19 (C)
- Jan Olsson: På
scen. Två i tätt samspel (Paul Bley & Gary Peacock Duo), in:
Orkester Journalen, 61/12 (Dec.1993), p. 21 (C)
1994:
- Claudio Donà:
Jazz Live. Mestre - Paul Bley-Gary Peacock Duo, in: Musica Jazz, 50/1 (Jan.1994),
p. 12 (C)
- NN: Paul Bley, in: Pan,
4/1 (Feb.1994), p. 2 (F)
1995:
- Bill Milkowski: Jaco.
The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, "The World's Greatest
Bass Player", San Francisco 1995 [book] (F/D/I with Joe Zawinul, Peter
Erskine, Joni Mitchell. Carlos Santana, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Delmar
Brown, Kenwood Dennard, Don Alias, Brian Melvin, Rashied Ali, Anita Evans,
Miles Evans, Gil Goldstein, Jimmy Haslip, Muzz Skillings, Mark Egan, Stuart
Hamm, Jack Bruce, Jeff Andrews, Jeff Berlin, Marcus Miller, Bill Laswell,
Dr. John, Ira Sullivan, Will Lee, Joe Ferry, Othello Molineaux, Jerry Jemmott,
Victor Bailey, Stanley Clarke, Branford Marsalis, James Cannings, Paul Bley,
Airto Moreira, Bob Moses, Gregory Pastorius); review, by Geraldine Wyckoff,
in: OffBeat, Jul.1995, p. 44 (B); review, by Todd S. Jenkins, in: Marge Hofacre's
Jazz News, 15/100 (Mar.1999), p. I: 25 (B); review, by Jim Santella, in: Cadence,
32/4 (Apr.2006), p. 20 (B); review, by Philip DiPietro, in: Jazz Notes, 17/2
(Jun.2006), p. 11-13 (B)
- Anthony Adamo: En direct.
Bley - Swallow - Sheppard, in: Jazz Magazine, #447 (Apr.1995), p. 14 (C)
- Norman Provizer: Paul
Bley, in: Jazziz, 12/5 (May 1995), p. 70-71, 78 (F/I)
1996:
- Fred Bouchard: Before
& After. James Williams, in: Jazz Times, 26/1 (Feb.1996), p. 59-60, 127
(BT: Marvin Rosen & Alan Hovhaness: "Fred the Cat"; Hank Jones:
"Mean What You Say"; Paul Bley: "Started"; Ray Drummond:
"Invitation"; Erroll Garner: "Gas Light"; Billie Holiday:
"Sophisticated Lady"; Randy Weston: "Sweet Meat"; Jazz
Piano Quartet: "Here's That Rainy Day"; Marcus Roberts: "Nebuchadnezzar";
Jessica Williams: "Beautiful Girl of My Dreams"; Larry Willis: "Solo
Spirit")
- Gérard Rouy: Paul
Bley - les lignes des deux mains, in: Jazz Magazine, #457 (Mar.1996), p. 25-26
(I)
- Jérome Paressant:
En direct. Bley - Parker -Phillips, in: Jazz Magazine, #459 (May 1996), p.
14 (C)
- Patrick Gentet: Concert.
Paul Bley/Evan Parker/Barre Phillips, in: Improjazz, #25 (May 1996), p. 16
(C)
- Stefano Merighi: Jazz
Live. Padova - Paul Bley/Evan Parker/Barre Phillips, in: Musica Jazz, 52/6
(Jun.1996), p. 18 (C)
- Thierry Pérémarti:
Jazz on Broadway. Points de vue. Paul Bley: "la mélodie d'abord",
in: Jazzman, #20 (Dec.1996), p. 8 (I about standards)
1997:
- José Duarte: Paul
ley em Matosinhos / Paul Bley in Matosinhos, in: O Papel do Jazz, #2 (1997),
p. 61-63 (poem in Portuguese), p. 59-61 (poem in English)
- Miguel Gaspar: Paul Bley
em Lisboa / Paul Bley in Lisbon, in: O Papel do Jazz, #2 (1997), p. 58-60
(F/I in Portuguese), p. 56-58 (F in English)
- Larry Blumenfeld: Traditions.
Losing Our Religion, in: Jazziz, 14/2 (Feb.1997), p. 18 , 20-21 (F/I/R: "Modern
Chant", "Touché")
- Alex Dutilh: Bley, Mraz,
Foster... la belle affiche!, in: Jazzman, #26 (Jun.1997), p. 16-17 (F)
- Angela Ballhorn: Paul
Bley über John Coltrane, in: Jazzthetik, 11/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1997), p. 35
(I)
- Paolo Occiuto: Jazz Live.
Terni - Paul Bley / George Mraz / Al Foster, in: Musica Jazz, 53/7 (Jul.1997),
p. 11-12 (C)
- Serge Baudot: Paul Bley.
Contrepoint, in: Jazz Hot, #542 (Jul/Aug.1997), p. 39-41 (I/D)
- Johannes Anders: Blindfoldtest
mit der Saxophonistin Co Streiff, in: Jazz. Das Schweizer Jazz-Magazin, #7
(Sep/Oct.1997), p. 20-21 (BT: Charlie Parker: "Tiny's Tempo"; Lee
Konitz: "Hi Beck"; Albert Ayler: "Bells"; Pedro Iturralde:
"Zorondo Gitano"; Eric Dolphy: "Abstraction"; George Gruntz:
"Buanuara"; John Coltrane: "Jupiter Variation"; Jan Garbarek
& Eberhard Weber: "Hasta siempore"; Co Streiff & Marilyn
Mazur: "Freies Duo"; Anthony Braxton: "All the Thigns You Are";
Joe Lovano: "Body and Soul"; Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter:
"Aung San Suu Kyi"; Ornette Coleman & Joachim Kühn: "Faxing";
Paul Bley/Evan Parker/Barre Phillips: "Sprung")
- Jürg Solothurnmann:
Paul Bley. 65 und kein bißchen müde, in: Jazz Podium, 46/11 (Nov.1997),
p. 8-11 (I); part 2, in: Jazz Podium, 46/12 (Dec.1997), p. 10-12 (I)
1998:
- Bill Milkowski: Before
& After. Fred Hersch, in: Jazz Times, 28/4 (May 1998), p. 59-60, 62, 180,
182 (BT: Muhal Richard Abrams: "Crepuscule with Nellie"; Ran Blake:
"Epistrophy"; Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: "Ugly Beauty";
Jessica Williams: "Raise Four"; Paul Bley: "Monk's Dream";
Kirk Lightsey & Harold Danko: "Dolores"; Kenny Barron: "Passion
Flower"; Lee Konitz & Brad Mehldau & Charlie Haden: "What
Is This Thing Called Love")
- Xavier Matthyssens: Ne
tirez pas sur les pianistes, in: Jazz Magazine, #481 (May 1998), p. 26-27
(short I)
- NN: Charlie Haden / Paul
Bley / Lee Konitz, in: PAN, 8/2 (Jun.1998), p. 6 (F)
- Paul Benkimoun: Brad
Mehldau. L'art des autres trios, in: Jazz Magazine, #483 (Jul/Aug.1998), p.
30 (BT: Phinas Newborn: "Cookin' at the Continental"; André
Previn: "Sad Eyes"; Enrico Pieranunzi: "Someday My Prince Will
Come"; Paul Bley: "Long Ago and Far Away"; Franck Amsallem:
"A Time for Love"; Steve Kuhn: "Ah, Moore")
1999:
- Konrad Heidkamp: Carla,
Paul, Gary und Annette. Boheme in vier Akten, in: Konrad Heidkamp: It's All
Over Now. Musik einer Generation - 40 Jahre Rock und Jazz, Berlin 1999 [book:
Alexander Fest Verlag; 2nd edition: Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007: ro-ro-ro], p.
122-135 (F)
- Paul Bley & David
Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, Canada 1999
[book: Véhicule Press] ("I"/D)
- Paul Bley & David
Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, Canada 1999
[book: Véhicule Press], passim (F)
- Peter Niklas Wilson:
Spielen ohne zu üben. Paul Bley, in: Peter Niklas Wilson: Hear and Now.
Gedanken zur improvisierten Musik, Hofheim 1999 [book: Wolke], p. 160-167
(I)
- Roald Helgheim: Paul
Bley. Jazzveteran ser framover, in: Jazz Nytt (Norway), 2-3/1999, p. 16-17
(I)
- Paul Bley & David
Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, in: Coda, #284
(Mar/Apr.1999), p. 34-35 ("I"; excerpt from book by Bley & Lee)
- Kenny Mathieson: Paul
Bley. Outside In, in: Jazzwise Magazine, #21 (Apr.1999), p. 26-28 (F/I)
- Stefano Merighi: Jazz
Live. Bley/Peacock/Motian, Mestre, in: Musica Jazz, 55/5 (May 1999), p. 11-12
(C)
- Christoph Giese: Scene
& Heard. Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian, Essen, in: Jazz Thing, #29
(Jun/Aug.1999), p. 122 (C)
- John F. Szwed: Paul Bley,
Furio di Castri & Tony Oxley - "Chaos" (Soul Note), in: Jazziz,
16/7 (Jul.1999), p. 75-76 (R)
2000:
- W. Royal Stokes: Living
the Jazz Life. Conversations with Forty Musicians About Their Careers, in
Jazz, New York 2000 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 149-152 (F/I)
- Will Smith: Paul Bley
& Gary Peacock & Paul Motian - "Not Two, Not One", in: Down
Beat, 67/1 (Jan.2000), p. 74-75 (R)
- Francis Davis: Paul Bley.
Out Front When Jazz Freed Itself, in: New York Times (Internet), 13.Feb.2000
(F/I) [vert.file]; Reprint, as "A to Z", in: Francis Davis: Like
Young. Jazz, Pop, Youth, and Middle Age, New York 2001 [book: DaCapo], p.
106-115 (F/I; including interview transcript)
- Mitch Myers: Blindfold
Test. Ken Vandermark, in: Down Beat, 67/4 (Apr.2000), p. 86 (BT: Ornette Coleman:
"Enfant"; Paul Bley & Evan Parker: "Time Will Tell";
Eric Dolphy: "Eclipse"; Fred Anderson Quartet: "Waiting for
MC"; Gene Ammons: "Sophisticated Lady"; Art Ensemble of Chicago:
"Naima"; Dexter Gordon: "Settin' the Pace")
- Ben Watson: Paul Bley,
Gary Peacock & Paul Motian - "Not Two, Not One" (ECM), in: Jazziz,
17/5 (May 2000), p. 75 (R)
- Paul Bley: Giuffre vu
du piano, in: Jazz Magazine, #504 (May 2000), p. 44 (F; excerpt from Bleys
book "Stopping Time")
2001:
- Ljubisa Tosic: Gipfel
des Subtilen, in: Jazz Zeit, #21 (Jul/Aug.2001), p. 16 (concert preview: Paul
Bley & Wolfgang Puschnig)
- Robert L. Doerschuk:
88. The Giants of Jazz Piano, San Francisco 2001 [book: Backbeat Books], p.
227-229 (F)
- Norman Meehan: Paul Bley.
Building on the Innovations of Ornette Coleman, in: Jazz Research Proceedings
Yearbook, #31 (Jan.2001), p. 67-73 (F/A/T: "Chronology"; "Santa
Claus Is Coming to Town"; "At MacKies"; "Long Ago and
Far Away"; "All the Things You Are")
- Duck Baker: Paul Bley
- "Notes on Ornette" (SteepleChase), in: Jazz Times, 31/1 (Feb.2001),
p. 148-149 (R)
- John Corbett (& Jim
Macnie & John Ephland & John McDonough): Paul Bley & Evan Parker
& Barre Phillips - "Sankt Gerold" (ECM), in: Down Beat, 68/5
(May 2001), p. 60, 62 (R)
- Ted Panken: Blindfold
Test. Paul Motian, in: Down Beat, 68/7 (Jul.2001), p. 94 (BT: Paul Bley: "Ida
Lupino"; Joey Baron: "Slow Charleston"; Warne Marsh: "Victory
Ball"; Lee Konitz: "Movin' Around"; Billy Hart: "Mindreader";
Scott Colley: "Segment")
- Ed Hazell: Paul Bley
- "Basics" (Justin Time); Paul Bley & Evan Parker & Barre
Phillips - "Sankt Gerold" (ECM), in: Jazziz, 18/8 (Aug.2001), p.
53-54 (R)
- Greg Robinson: Paul Bley
- "Basics" (Justin Time), in: Jazz Times, 31/6 (Aug.2001), p. 116
(R)
2002:
- Katharina Lohmann: Paul
Bley. "Das Klavier ist kein Klavier", in: Piano News, 1/2002 (I);
reprint, in: Carsten Dürer (ed.): Gespräche mit Jazz-Pianisten.
54 Interviews und Porträts, Düsseldorf 2003 [book: Staccato Verlag],
p. 21-25 (I)
- Norman Meehan: After
the Melody. Paul Bley and Jazz Piano After Ornette Coleman, in: Annual Review
of Jazz Studies, #12 (2002), p. 85-116 (A/T)
- Paolo Vitolo: Guida al
jazz. Gli autori e le musiche dal bebop alla creative music, Milano 2002 [book:
Bruno Mondadori], p. 19-21 (F)
- Perry Robinson &
Florence Wetzel: The Traveler, San Jose 2002 [book: Writers Club Press/iUniverse],
passim (F)
- Paul Bley & David
Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, in: Cuadernos
de Jazz, #68 (Jan/Feb.2002), p. 25-30 ("I": book excerpt in spanish
translation)
- Norman Meehan: Woodshed.
Paul Bley's Piano Solo on 'All the Things You Are', in: Down Beat, 69/2 (Feb.2002),
p. 78-79 (A/T)
- Luc Bouquet: À
tâte-sons. Christine Wodrascka. 14 solos et un trio, in: ImproJazz,
#85 (May 2002), p. 8-11 (BT: Thelonious Monk: "Lover Man"; Cecil
Taylor: "Congress"; Art Tatum: "Tiger Rag"; Charles Gayle:
"1939)"; Sun Ra: "To a Friend"; Paul Bley: "Forth";
Keith Jarrett: "Köln Concert"; Christine Wodrascka: "Vocalises";
Marilyn Crispell: "Archaic Visions"; Irène Schweizer: "So
oder so"; Sophie Agnel: "Souffle"; John Cage: "Sonate
I"; Michael Snow: "Piano Mécanique"; Anthony Davis:
"Beyond Reason"; Duke Ellington: "Summertime")
- Christopher Loudon: Before
& After. Jane Bunnett, in: Jazz Times, 32/5 (Jun.2002), p. 68-70 (BT:
Paul Bley: "Like Someone in Love"; Michael Brecker: "I Can
See Your Dreams"; D.D: Jackson: "Carnavale"; Joshua Redman:
"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore!"; Joe Henderson: "It Ain't
Necessarily So"; Steve Lacy: "Work"; Don Pullen: "Autumn
Song"; World Saxophone Quartet: "Seven Steps to Heaven"; Arturo
Sandoval: "Windmills of Your Mind"; Antonio Hart: "Grover Washington
Jr."; Paquito D'Rivera: "On Green Dolphin Street")
- Franz Krieger: "All
the Things You Are" - as played by Paul Bley and Bob Cranshaw, in: Jazz
Research News, #7 (Jun/Jul.2002), p. 346-352 (T)
- Franz Krieger: "When
Will the Blues Leave" - as played by Paul Bley, in: Jazz Research News,
#7 (Jun/Jul.2002), p. 353-356 (T)
- Michael Coyle: Observations.
Lee Konitz, Paul Bley and Larry Grenadier at the Regattabar, Cambridge, MA,
in: Cadence, 28/6 (Jun.2002), p. 31, 136 (C)
- NN: Às escuras.
Blindfoldtest. Bernardo Sassetti, in: All Jazz. Revista de Jazz, #2 (Jun/Jul.2002),
p. 29-30 (BT: Art Tatum:"Someone to Watch Over Me"; Paul Bley: "Noosphere";
Matthew Shipp: "Autumn Leaves"; Jessica Williams: "Blue Tuesday";
Cecil Taylor: "Bemsha Swing"; Kenny Barron: "Scratch";
Ethan Iverson: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"; Joachim Kühn:
"Ornette"; McCoy Tyner: "Lonnie's Lament")
- Gerd Filtgen: Improvisation
als höchste Kunstform. Paul Bley. Improvisieren bedeutet, dass man schon
ein Komponist ist, in: Fono Forum, Nov.2002, p. 98-100 (F/I)
- Serena Roselli: Greg
Burk, Paul Bley. "conversazione a ottantotto tasti", in: Jazzit,
4/13 (Nov/Dec.2002), p. 54-55 (I with Greg Burk, Paul Bley)
2003:
- James Dorsey: Avant-Garde
Elements in the Piano Solos of Paul Bley, in: Research Proceedings Yearbook,
2003, p. 122-128 (A)
- Norman Meehan: Time Will
Tell. Conversations with Paul Bley, Berkeley 2003 [book: Berkeley Hills Books]
(F/I)
- Paul Haines: Siena/Symposium.
Paul Haines attends the Siena Jazz Festival and University, reflects on jazz
education, and later collects a variety of views on its meaning, in: Coda,
#307 (Jan/Feb.2003), p. 36-46 (F/C/short I on education with Andrew Cyrille,
Carla Bley, John Tchicai, Perry Robinson, Evan Parker, Michael Mantler, Baikida
Carroll, Paul Bley, Phil Minton, Steve Swallow, Satoko Fujii, Reggie Workman,
Wolfgang Puschnig, David Moss, John Zorn, Barre Phillips, John Clark, George
Cartwright, John Oswald, Bob Brookmeyer, Amy Denio, Roswell Rudd, John Scofield,
Jesse Stewart, Michael Zwerin, Stuart Broomer, Stanley Crouch, Michel Contat,
John La Porta, Jeff Friedman, Ben Young, Bill Smith, Martin Davidson)
- Paul Haines: Siena/Symposium.
Paul Haines attends the Siena Jazz Festival and University, reflects on jazz
education, and later collects a variety of views on its meaning, in: Coda,
#307 (Jan/Feb.2003), p. 36-46 (F/C/short I on education with Andrew Cyrille,
Carla Bley, John Tchicai, Perry Robinson, Evan Parker, Michael Mantler, Baikida
Carroll, Paul Bley, Phil Minton, Steve Swallow, Satoko Fujii, Reggie Workman,
Wolfgang Puschnig, David Moss, John Zorn, Barre Phillips, John Clark, George
Cartwright, John Oswald, Bob Brookmeyer, Amy Denio, Roswell Rudd, John Scofield,
Jesse Stewart, Michael Zwerin, Stuart Broomer, Stanley Crouch, Michel Contat,
John La Porta, Jeff Friedman, Ben Young, Bill Smith, Martin Davidson)
- Alex Dutilh: Blindfold
Test. Baptiste Trotignon au jeu des sept solos, in: Jazzman, #90 (Apr.2003),
p. 28-29 (BT: Ran Blake: "Wende"; Paul Bley: "Porgy";
Chick Corea: "Monk's Dream"; Bill Carrothers: "The Whiffenpoof
Song"; Charles Mingus: "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then
Silk Blue"; Enrico Pieranunzi: "Lighea"; Keith Jarrett: "La
Scala, Part 2")
- Franck Médioni:
Blindfold Test. Six solos pour Delbecq, in: Jazz Magazine, #537 (May 2003),
p. 10 (BT: Thelonious Monk: ""Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"; Cecil
Taylor: "Willisau Concerts Part 2"; Paul Bley: "Vashkar";
John Lewis: "September Song"; Pierre-Laurent Aimard:"En suspens";
Keith Jarrett: "Someone to Watch Over Me")
2004:
- Guido Festinese: Focus
su ... Paul Bley. Pianiste, e pianoforte come torero e toro, in: Musica Jazz,
60/1 (Jan.2004), p. 18-21 (F/I)
- John Ephland: Paul Bley
& Gary Peacock - "Partners" (Owl/Sunnyside), in: Down Beat,
71/3 (Mar.2004), p. 63 (R)
- Simon Adams: "Time
Will Tell. Conversations with Paul Bley", by Norman Meehan, in: Jazz
Journal, 57/6 (Jun.2004), p. 17 (B)
- Brian Priestley: "Time
Will Tell. Conversations with Paul Bley", by Norman Meehan, in: Jazzwise,
#79 (Sep.2004), p. 67 (B)
- Ted Panken: Blindfold
Test. Paul Bley, in: Down Beat, 71/9 (Sep.2004), p. 90 (BT: Ahmad Jamal: "Aftermath";
Keith Jarrett: "Prelude to a Kiss"; Kenny Barron: "Beneath
It All"; Vijay Iyer: "Atlantean Tropes"; Sonny Clark: "Tadd's
Delight"; Cecil Taylor: "Second Part"); response, by Giovanni
Petranich, in: Down Beat, 71/10 (Oct.2004), p. 10 (letter); response, by Mark
Jones, in: Down Beat, 71/12 (Dec.2004), p. 12 (letter)
- Christoph Wagner: 40.
Jahrestag der "October Revolution in Jazz" - The New Thing. Sie
wurde zu einem Meilenstein der Jazzhistorie, indem sie den freien Jazz auf
die Tagesordnung setzte. Im Frühherbst 1964 fand in New York die Oktoberrevolution
im Jazz statt, in: Jazzthetik, 18/10 (Oct.2004), p. 62-65 (F/I with Bill Dixon,
Burton Greene, Alan Silva, John Tchicai, Paul Bley)
- Duck Baker: Paul Bley
- "Nothing to Declare" (Justin Time), in: Jazz Times, 34/9 (Nov.2004),
p. 107 (R)
- John Ephland: Paul Bley
- "Nothing to Declare" (Justin Time), in: Down Beat, 71/12 (Dec.2004),
p. 89 (R)
- Kirk Silsbee: Paul Bley
- "Nothing to Declare" (Justin Time), in: Jazziz, 21/12 (Dec.2004),
p. 71, 74 (R)
2005:
- Peter Niklas Wilson:
Paul Bley, in: Peter Niklas Wilson (ed.): Jazz Klassiker, Stuttgart 2005 [book:
Reclam], p. 547-552 (F)
- Chris Kelsey: François
Kelsey Trio - "Play" (482 Music); François Carrier &
Paul Bley & Gary Peacock & Michel Lambert - "Travelling Lights"
(Justin Time), in: Jazz Times, 35/2 (Mar.2005), p. 65 (R)
- Thierry Péremarti
& Vincent Bessières: Birdology. "Je me souviens de Charlie
Parker...", in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 16-19 (F/short I with Ray
Barretto, Billy Bauer, Paul Bley, Terry Gibbs, Barry Harris, Percy Heath,
Dick Hyman, Hank Jones, Lee Konitz, Mundell Lowe, Hal McKusick, Frank Morgan,
Lennie Niehaus, Jack Nimitz, Jimmy Scott)
- Phil England: Invisible
Jukebox. Steve Beresford, in: The Wire, #255 (May 2005), p. 20-22, 24 (BT:
Paul Bley & Franz Koglmann & Gary Oeaock: "Kid Dynamite";
Peter Cusack & Max Eastley: "Zero Day to Zero Night"; Tibetan
Monks & Musicians: "Rise Up, Padma"; Rip, Rig & Panic: "Shadows
Only There Because of the Sun"; John Zorn: "Cobra 5: D Polylepsis";
Butch Morris & Lê Quan Ninh & Ja Deane: "Ozone. Burnin
Blue"; Scritti Politti: "Opec - Immac"; Prince Far-I: "Prince
of Peace"; John Stevens Spontaneous Music Orchestra: "One-Two")
- Andrey Henkin: Paul Bley.
Turning Points, in: All About Jazz, #49 (May 2005), p. 9 (F/I) [digi.copy]
- Ted Panken: When Giants
Walked the Village. The Village Vanguard, now 70 years old, is the last vestige
of the era when jazz became modern, in: Down Beat, 72/6 (Jun.2005), p. 52-54,
56-57 (F/short I with Lorraine Gordon, George Avakian, Billy Taylor, Sheila
Jordan, Randy Weston, Roswell Rudd, Bob Brookmeyer, Dave Amram, Roy Haynes,
Jim Hall, Paul Bley, Paul Motian, Jimmy Heath, Mark Murphy, Orrin Keepnews);
responses, by Reese Markewich, Len Dobbin: Chords & Discords. Greenwich
Is Golden, in: Down Beat, 72/8 (Aug.2005), p. 10 (letters)
- Stéphan Oliva:
Paul Bley, fragments d'un discours amoureux, in: Jazzman, #118 (Nov.2005),
p. 80-81 (A/T: excerpts: "Someday My Prince Will Come"; "Again
Anew"; "Soft Touch")
2006:
- Pannonica de Koenigswarter:
Les Musiciens de jazz et leurs trois voeux, Paris 2006 [book: Buchet/Chastel],
p. 188 (short I)
- Roberto Pollillo &
Arrigo Polillo: Swing, Bop & Free. Il jazz degli anni '60, Milano 2006
[book: Polillo Editore], p. 138-139 (short F/photo)
- Franck Médioni:
Stephan Oliva en six coïncidences, in: Jazz Magazine, #566 (Jan.2006),
p. 9 (BT: Martial Solal: "Over the Rainbow"; Paul Bley: "Turns";
Keitg Jarrett: "Part 1"; John Lewis: "September Song";
Marc Copland: "Django"; Benoit Delbecq: "In Funfairs")
2007:
- Cim Meyer: Blindebuk
med Ole Matthiessen, in: Jazz Special, #94 (Feb/Mar.2007), p. 76-79 (BT: Louis
Armstrong: "Body & Soul"; Paul Bley: "Seven"; Barney
Bigard: "C Jam Blues"; Bobby Bland & B.B. King: "Three
O'Clock Blues"; Bix Beiderbecke: "Rhythm King"; Art Blakey:
"Yama"; Kate Bush: "Saxophone Song"; Blachman meets Al
Agami and Remee: "The Butterfly"; Beijbom Kroner Big Band: "El
Portenito"; Ginger Baker Trio: "Straight No Chaser"; Chet Baker:
"Just Friends"; Albert Ayler: "Angels"; Cannonball Adderley
& John Coltrane: "Limehouse Blues"; Buena Vista Social Club:
"Dos Gardenias"; James Brown: "Kansas City"; Don Byron:
"Basquiat"; Bob Brookmeyer New Art Irchestra: "Lovely")
- Christoph Wagner: Barry
Altschul. Die Leere durchbrechen. Barry Altschul hat das Schlagzeugspiel des
modernen Jazz revolutioniert. Nach Jahren der Abwesenheit ist er nun auf die
Szene zurückgekehrt, in: Jazzthetik, 21/5 (May 2007), p. 62-65 (BT: Paul
Bley: "8th Avenue"; Bennie Wallace & Chick Corea: "Mystic
Bridge"; Anthony Braxton & Andrew Cyrille: "Water, Water, Water";
Sam Rivers & Ben Street & Kresten Osgood: "Nature Calls, Part
1"; Barry Altschul: "Old Time Southside Street Dance"; William
Parker Violin Trio: "SInging Spirits")
- Jørgen Siegumfeldt:
Anmeldelse. Kresten Osgood / Paul Bley – "Florida", in: Jazz
Special, #96 (May/Jun.2007), p. 20 (R)
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