Paul Bley

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collaborator on:	The Paul Bley Quartet
eponymous member of:	Paul Bley Trio
member of:	Ornette Coleman Quintet (jazz‐group that performed in the late 1950’s) (piano) The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show The Jimmy Giuffre Trio (from 1960 until 1962)
children:	Vanessa Bley (NYC/Los Angeles based musician)
married:	Carla Bley (from 1957 until 1967) Carol Goss (painter) (from 1974 until 2016)
married:	Annette Peacock (from 1967 until 1972)

founded:	Improvising Artists Inc. (in 1974)
has personal publisher:	Pablo Music (publisher for Paul Bley)

IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088350/ [info]
Wikipedia:	en: Paul Bley [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/253098 [info]
biographies:	https://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-bley/ [info]
official homepages:	http://www.improvart.com/bley/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82012139 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g60w8k [info] https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/304682 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891585n [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/122715128 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/paul-bley [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82012139 [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/5ff0b393-1706-47ce-8bda-a0fd3fe9b98a [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:	https://www.facebook.com/PaulBleyMusic [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HCwj3Nt6DTTmJCpHuQOeM [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000745617 [info]
VIAF ID:	66651120 [info]
Wikidata:	Q709810 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/533134 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Bley [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1953-02-05	Bernie's Tune	piano	Charlie Parker	3:14
1953-02-05	Bernie's Tune	piano	Charlie Parker	2:48
1953-02-05	Cool Blues	piano	Charlie Parker	1:58
1953-02-05	Cool Blues	piano	Charlie Parker	1:57
1953-02-05	Don't Blame Me	piano	Charlie Parker	3:24
1953-02-05	Don't Blame Me	piano	Charlie Parker	3:04
1953-02-05	Wahoo	piano	Charlie Parker	3:07
1953-02-05	Wahoo (Perdido)	piano	Charlie Parker	3:28
1953-11-30	(Teapot) Walkin’ (studio, Debut, NYC, November 30, 1953)	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	4:33
1953-11-30	I Can’t Get Started	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:42
1953-11-30	Like Someone in Love	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	4:08
1953-11-30	Opus 1	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	4:13
1953-11-30	Opus 1 (alternate take)	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:27
1953-11-30	Opus One	piano	Paul Bley	4:10
1953-11-30	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:34
1953-11-30	Split Kick	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:09
1953-11-30	Spontaneous Combustion	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	4:19
1953-11-30	The Theme	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:43
1953-11-30	This Time the Dream’s on Me	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	3:11
1953-11-30	Zootcase (studio, Debut, 11/30/1953, NYC)	piano	Paul Bley With Charles Mingus, Art Blakey	2:35
1958-10	Crossroads	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	1:55
1958-10	Free	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	5:39
1958-10	How Deep Is the Ocean?	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	4:36
1958-10	I Remember Harlem	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	3:52
1958-10	Klactoveesedstene	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	12:07
1958-10	Ramblin'	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	14:06
1958-10	The Blessing	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	9:38
1958-10	When Will the Blues Leave?	piano	Ornette Coleman Quintet	14:29
1960-05-25	Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	piano	Charles Mingus	3:39
1960-05-25	Eclipse	piano	Charles Mingus	3:58
1960-05-25	Prayer for Passive Resistance	piano	Charles Mingus	3:52
1960-05-25	Take the “A” Train	piano	Charles Mingus	3:38
1960-05-25	Weird Nightmare	piano	Charles Mingus	3:39
1960-05	Chromatic Universe, Part 1	piano	George Russell and His Orchestra	3:34
1960-05	Chromatic Universe, Part 2	piano	George Russell and His Orchestra	3:48
1960-05	Chromatic Universe, Part 3	piano	George Russell and His Orchestra	4:55
1960-05	The Lydiot	piano	George Russell and His Orchestra	10:05
1960-11-11	Bugs (take 3) (studio, 1960-11-11: Candid, take 3)	piano	Charles Mingus	8:31
1960-11-11	Lock ’em Up (studio, Candid Session, Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, NYC, November 11, 1960)	piano	Charles Mingus	6:42
1960-11-11	Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2 (studio, 1960-11-11: Candid, 2nd version, take 1)	piano	Charles Mingus	6:58
1961-03-03	Afternoon	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	5:10
1961-03-03	Brief Hesitation	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:15
1961-03-03	Cry, Want	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	5:08
1961-03-03	Emphasis	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:12
1961-03-03	In the Mornings Out There	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	6:50
1961-03-03	Jesus Maria	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	6:13
1961-03-03	Scootin' About	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	3:35
1961-03-03	Trudgin'	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:33
1961-03-03	Venture	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	3:51
1961-04-21	All the Things You Are (take 5)	piano	Don Ellis	6:10
1961-04-21	I Love You (take 1)	piano	Don Ellis	5:36
1961-04-21	I Love You (take 2)	piano	Don Ellis	4:39
1961-04-21	I'll Remember April	piano	Don Ellis	3:34
1961-04-21	Just One of Those Things (take 5)	piano	Don Ellis	3:32
1961-04-21	Just One of Those Things (take 8)	piano	Don Ellis	3:41
1961-04-21	My Funny Valentine	piano	Don Ellis	4:28
1961-04-21	Out of Nowhere	piano	Don Ellis	3:45
1961-04-21	Sweet and Lovely	piano	Don Ellis	6:12
1961-04-21	You Stepped Out of a Dream	piano	Don Ellis	3:47
1961-08-04	Carla	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:35
1961-08-04	Flight	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	3:21
1961-08-04	Goodbye	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:56
1961-08-04	Herb & Ictus	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	0:44
1961-08-04	Ictus	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	2:44
1961-08-04	Me Too	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	5:03
1961-08-04	Sonic	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:44
1961-08-04	Temporarily	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	6:09
1961-08-04	That's True, That's True	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:41
1961-08-04	The Gamut	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:37
1961-08-04	Whirrrr	piano	The Jimmy Giuffre 3	4:54
1961-11-07	Carla	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	5:45
1961-11-07	Cry, Want	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	6:57
1961-11-07	Emphasis	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	7:48
1961-11-07	Jesus Maria	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	6:14
1961-11-07	Sonic	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	5:17
1961-11-07	Stretching Out (Suite for Germany)	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	11:19
1961-11-07	Venture	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	4:21
1961-11-07	Whirrrr	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	4:14
1961-11-23	Call of the Centaur	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	3:59
1961-11-23	Cry, Want	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	7:34
1961-11-23	Flight	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	5:39
1961-11-23	Goodbye	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	5:55
1961-11-23	Postures	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	6:56
1961-11-23	Sonic	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	5:21
1961-11-23	Stetching Out (Suite for Germany)	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	11:12
1961-11-23	That's True, That's True	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	8:39
1961-11-23	Trance	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	4:51
1961-11-23	Whirrrr	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow	2:30
1963-04-13	Blues	piano	Paul Bley with Gary Peacock	4:26
1963-04-13	Getting Started	piano	Paul Bley with Gary Peacock	4:26
1963-04-13	Long Ago and Far Away	piano	Paul Bley with Gary Peacock	4:18
1963-04-13	Moor	piano	Paul Bley with Gary Peacock	3:29
1963-04-13	When Will the Blues Leave	piano	Paul Bley with Gary Peacock	3:55
1963-07-15	All the Things You Are	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	9:34
1963-07-15	Lover Man	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	8:54
1963-07-15	Yesterdays	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	5:14
1963-07-18	At McKie’s	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	7:01
1963-07-18	Just Friends	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	4:40
1963-07-18	Summertime	piano	Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	5:59
1963-08-17 – 1963-09-12	Around Again	piano	Paul Bley	4:10
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	produced
	7 - 6 - 8		Jeff Palmer With John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Campbell	7:53
	Abracadabra		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	5:10
	And Now the Queen		Paul Bley Trio	2:18
	And Now The Queen		Paul Bley	3:05
	And Then They Embraced		Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel	5:35
	Arrow in the Wind		Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel	12:18
	Austin		Jeff Palmer With John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Campbell	4:46
	Ballade		Paul Bley	5:55
	Batterie		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	5:12
	Batterie		Paul Bley Trio	3:18
	Blood		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	1:32
	Cartoon		Paul Bley Trio	2:15
	Cascade		Dave Holland / Sam Rivers	21:19
	Closer		Paul Bley Trio	3:29
	Crossroads		Paul Bley Trio	2:32
	Deluge		Sam Rivers, Dave Holland	23:23
	Donkey		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	6:28
	Dreams		Paul Bley	6:00
	Duet		Lester Bowie, Phillip Wilson	2:39
	Explanations		Paul Bley	7:00
	Figfoot		Paul Bley Trio	3:23
	Finale		Lester Bowie, Phillip Wilson	12:42
	Flute Song		Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel	11:55
	Girl Swirl		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	8:38
	Glad		Paul Bley	5:10
	Hip Slick		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	7:56
	Ida Lupino		Paul Bley Trio	2:55
	Improvisation		Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel	6:00
	Jaco		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	3:45
	King Korn		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	0:29
	Laser Wizard		Jeff Palmer With John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Campbell	15:20
	Lovers		Paul Bley	5:35
	Master Cluster		Jeff Palmer With John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Campbell	12:06
	Mr. Adam		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	3:01
	Mr. Dave		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	2:46
	Mr. John		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	4:41
	Ojos De Gato		Paul Bley	4:34
	Overtoned		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	1:05
	Poconos		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	1:01
	Ripples		Sam Rivers, Dave Holland	23:49
	Sideways in Mexico		Paul Bley Trio	2:56
	Solo		Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel	6:07
	Start		Paul Bley Trio	2:23
	Tango Dream		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	8:00
	TBM		Lester Bowie, Phillip Wilson	14:36
	The Unknown Known		Jeff Palmer, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum	6:33
	Vampira		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	7:14
	Vashkar		Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley	9:55
	Violin		Paul Bley Trio	2:57
	Waterfall		Dave Holland / Sam Rivers	17:08
	Windar		Jeff Palmer With John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum, Gary Campbell	9:43
	instruments
	Conversations With a Goose	piano	Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow, Paul Bley
	Diane	piano	Chet Baker & Paul Bley
	Jaco	electric piano	Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley
	Play Blue. Oslo Concert	piano	Paul Bley
	liner notes
	Haiku		Lee Konitz, Rudi Mahall, Andreas Schmidt, Jerry Granelli
	New York Concerts		The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4
	Suite Noire		Gebhard Ullmann - Andreas Willers with Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Bob Stewart
	produced
	Jaco	executive	Jaco Pastorius / Pat Metheny / Bruce Ditmas / Paul Bley
	composed
	Above the Tree Line
	Ballade
	Big Foot
	Burlesque
	Clawback
	Excerpt
	Explanations
	Face One
	Face Two
	Finale
	Getting Started
	Glad
	Harlem
	Insanity
	Inside
	Jaco
	Love Hurts
	Lovers
	Marsh Tides
	Mating of Urgency
	Mazatlan
	Memoirs
	Mood
	Motif
	Motion
	No Questions
	No. 3
	Notes
	Piano Solo No. 1
	Poconos
	Poetic Justice
	So Far So Good
	Sprung
	Started
	Time Will Tell
	Turns
	Vampira
	Variation 1
	Variation 2
	Variation 5
	Variation 6
	Variation 8
	Variation 9
	Variation 11
	You Will, Oscar, You Will
	wrote
	Carla
	Even Steven
	Fallen Statue
	Foreplay
	Industrial Suite
	Later
	Meeting
	Mephisto
	Monique
	Olhos de Gato
	Owl Eyes
	Paradise Island
	Sanctuary Much
	Scrampbled Legs
	Strung Out
	Summer
	Sweet Song
	Tango Del Mar
	The Life of a Trio
	Things
	Upstairs

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