Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer)

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collaborator on:	The Paul Bley Quartet
member of:	Marilyn Crispell Trio (drums (drum set)) Pierre Favre Ensemble (membranophone, crotales, gong) Keith Jarrett Trio (late 1960s formation - Jarrett, Haden, Motian) (drums (drum set)) Masabumi Kikuchi Trio (drums (drum set)) Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra (percussion, drums (drum set)) Joe Lovano Quintet (drums (drum set)) Paul Motian Quintet (drums (drum set)) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (drums (drum set)) Tethered Moon Tony Malaby Trio Bill Evans Trio (from 1959 until 1964: drums (drum set))
original member of:	Paul Motian Trio (drums (drum set)) Paul Motian Trio 2000 + One (drums (drum set)) Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two (drums (drum set))

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/255882 [info]
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Myspace:	https://myspace.com/paulmotian [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9be59e25-f609-46b2-90cb-2db39b1a1910 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
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Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000018137 [info]
VIAF ID:	14959149 [info]
Wikidata:	Q740581 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/189109 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Motian [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Conception	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:47
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Displacement	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	2:36
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Easy Living	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:53
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Five	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:02
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	I Love You	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:55
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	No Cover, No Minimum	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	7:31
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Our Delight	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:44
1956-09-18 – 1956-09-27	Speak Low	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:10
1956-09-27	No Cover, No Minimum (alternate take)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	8:10
1956-09-27	No Cover, No Minimum (master take)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	7:32
1956-09	No Cover, No Minimum (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	8:09
1956-10-17	Concerto for Billy the Kid	drums (drum set)	George Russell & Art Farmer & Bill Evans & Hal McKusick & Paul Motian	4:44
1956-10-17	Night Sound	drums (drum set)	George Russell & Art Farmer & Bill Evans & Hal McKusick & Paul Motian	3:57
1956-10-17	Round Johnny Rondo	drums (drum set)	George Russell & Art Farmer & Bill Evans & Hal McKusick & Paul Motian	3:31
1956-10-17	Witch Hunt	drums (drum set)	George Russell & Art Farmer & Bill Evans & Hal McKusick & Paul Motian	3:50
1957-11-16	A Shoulder to Cry On	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	3:01
1957-11-16	At Home With the Blues	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	3:12
1957-11-16	Blues for Five (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	4:51
1957-11-16	Blues for Five (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957-11-16	Blues for Three Horns	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	6:13
1957-11-16	Body and Soul	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	4:50
1957-11-16	Five	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	7:47
1957-11-16	For Pete’s Sake (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	6:45
1957-11-16	For Pete’s Sake (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957-11-16	Franzy Pants	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	7:23
1957-11-16	Gone With the Wind	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	6:02
1957-11-16	I Can't Get Started	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott, Jimmy Knepper	6:57
1957-11-16	I Can’t Get Started	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	6:58
1957-11-16	I Remember You	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	3:31
1957-11-16	If I'm Lucky	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott, Jimmy Knepper	3:05
1957-11-16	Just One of Those Things	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	7:36
1957-11-16	Just One of Those Things (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	7:34
1957-11-16	Just One of Those Things (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957-11-16	Lullaby of the Leaves	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	8:56
1957-11-16	Lullaby of the Leaves	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	9:00
1957-11-16	Portrait of Ravi	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	4:23
1957-11-16	She’s Different	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	3:33
1957-11-16	Tenderly	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	4:38
1957-11-16	The Chant	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	3:38
1957-11-16	The Chant	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott, Jimmy Knepper	3:36
1957-11-16	The Explorer	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	6:31
1957-11-16	The Lady Is a Tramp	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	4:00
1957-11-16	There Will Never Be Another You	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott & Bill Evans	4:35
1957-11-16	There'll Never Be Another You	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott, Jimmy Knepper	4:35
1957-11-16	Third Moon (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	7:40
1957-11-16	Third Moon (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957-11-16	Villa Jazz (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	4:50
1957-11-16	Villa Jazz (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957-11-16	Zonk (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	5:34
1957-11-16	Zonk (mono)	drums (drum set)	Tony Scott	?:??
1957	I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:39
1957	Indian Summer	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	7:10
1957	Mother of Earl	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:35
1958-01-16	Excerpt	drums (drum set)	Warne Marsh	3:31
1958-01-16	Just Squeeze Me	drums (drum set)	Warne Marsh	6:36
1958-01-16	Luck Be a Lady	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	6:19
1958-01-16	My Melancholy Baby	drums (drum set)	Warne Marsh	6:51
1958-01-16	Yardbird Suite	drums (drum set)	Warne Marsh	4:59
1959-02-06 – 1959-02-07	After You've Gone (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Al Cohn and Zoot Sims	11:30
1959-02-06 – 1959-02-07	It Had to Be You (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Al Cohn and Zoot Sims	10:25
1959-02-06 – 1959-02-07	Lover Come Back to Me (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Al Cohn and Zoot Sims	9:15
1959-02-06 – 1959-02-07	Wee Dot (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Al Cohn and Zoot Sims	9:20
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	317 East 32nd Street	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	7:44
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	April	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	8:47
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Baby, Baby All the Time	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	?:??
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	How About You	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	9:18
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	It's You or No One	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	8:12
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Just Friends	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	5:41
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Lennie-Bird	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	?:??
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	My Melancholy Baby	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	6:57
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Palo Alto	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	9:16
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Scrapple From the Apple	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	7:56
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	Subconscious-Lee	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	?:??
1959-02-24 – 1959-03-03	You Stepped Out of a Dream	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul Motian.	7:42
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (mono)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:22
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:56
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:25
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:58
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (mono)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:26
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (stereo)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	6:00
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (take 1 stereo)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:59
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (Take 1)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:58
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (take 2 monaural)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:24
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (Take 2)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:24
1959-12-28	Autumn Leaves (take 9, Monaural)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:26
1959-12-28	Blue in Green	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:26
1959-12-28	Blue in Green	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:23
1959-12-28	Blue In Green	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:25
1959-12-28	Blue in Green (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	4:39
1959-12-28	Blue in Green (take 2)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	4:30
1959-12-28	Blue in Green (take 2)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	4:29
1959-12-28	Blue in Green (take 3)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	5:27
1959-12-28	Blue in Green (take 3)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	5:26
1959-12-28	Come Rain or Come Shine	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:23
1959-12-28	Come Rain or Come Shine	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	3:21
1959-12-28	Come Rain or Come Shine	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:22
1959-12-28	Come Rain or Come Shine	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:19
1959-12-28	Come Rain Or Come Shine	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	3:20
1959-12-28	Come Rain or Come Shine (take 4)	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans Trio	3:23
1959-12-28	Peri's Scope	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans	3:12
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	performed
1988	Lonely Woman (live, 1988: Nice, France)		Charlie Haden Quartet	23:58
1988	Sandino (live, 1988: Nice, France)		Charlie Haden Quartet	5:45
1988	Segments (live, 1988: Nice, France)		Charlie Haden Quartet	11:06
	produced
	5 Miles to Wrentham		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:03
	2300 Skidoo		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:28
	Arabesque		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:33
	Bird Feathers		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:05
	Blue Midnight	co	Paul Motian Trio	4:12
	Blue Midnight		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	7:03
	Blue Pearl		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:19
	Boo Boo's Birthday		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:18
	Brilliant Corners		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	7:50
	Congestion	co	Paul Motian Trio	2:41
	Cosmology	co	Paul Motian Trio	6:26
	Endgame	co	Paul Motian Trio	3:56
	Endgame		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:42
	Fiasco		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:21
	Gallop's Gallop		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:57
	Holiday for Strings		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:28
	I'll Keep Loving You		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:43
	If You Could See Me Now		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	6:24
	In Remembrance of Things Past	co	Paul Motian Trio	7:31
	Introspection		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:22
	It Never Entered My Mind		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	6:12
	It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago	co	Paul Motian Trio	8:48
	Jack of Clubs	co	Paul Motian Trio	5:12
	Look to the Black Wall		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:33
	Luteous Pangolin		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:28
	Monica's Garden	co	Paul Motian Trio	3:35
	Morpion		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:02
	New Moon		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:46
	Oh, What a Beautiful Morning		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:04
	Oska-T		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	2:14
	Parisian Thoroughfare		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:13
	Play	co	Paul Motian Trio	4:57
	Rootie Tootie		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:48
	Roundup		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	3:28
	San Francisco Holiday		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	6:23
	Wail		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	5:05
	We See		Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band	4:53
	Zabel	co	Paul Motian Trio	1:38
	instruments
1958 – 1962	Ballads and More	drums (drum set)	Bill Evans
1984-08	Rambler	drums (drum set)	Bill Frisell
	A Long Story	drums (drum set)	Anat Fort
	Chansons D'Edith Piaf	drums (drum set)	Tethered Moon
	Cross Roads	drums (drum set)	Charlie Shoemake Sextet
	Escalator Over the Hill	drums (drum set) [drums]	Carla Bley & Paul Haines
	Expectations	drums (drum set)	Keith Jarrett
	Expectations	drums (drum set)	Keith Jarrett
	Mysteries	drums (drum set)	Keith Jarrett
	Mysteries	percussion	Keith Jarrett
	Pearl River	drums (drum set)	Jakob Bro
	The Ancestors	drums (drum set)	Tim Berne
	The Mourning of a Star	drums (drum set)	Keith Jarrett
	Treasure Island	membranophone and percussion	Keith Jarrett
	Treasure Island	membranophone and percussion	Keith Jarrett
	Treasure Island	membranophone and percussion	Keith Jarrett
	photography
	Conception Vessel		Paul Motian
	It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago		Paul Motian Trio
	produced
	Live at the Village Vanguard		Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian
	Live at the Village Vanguard - Unissued Tracks	co	Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian
	composed
	Abacus
	American Indian: Song of Sitting Bull
	Arabesque
	Asia
	Backup
	Birdsong
	Blue Midnight
	Blues For Tosca
	Body Beautiful
	Boomerang
	Cambodia
	Ch'i Energy
	Circle Dance
	Conception Vessel
	Cosmology
	Dance
	Double Excursion 1
	Double Excursion 2
	Double Excursion 3
	Drum Music
	Enough Is Enough
	Etude
	Fantasm
	Fantasm
	Fiasco
	Flight of the Bluejay
	Gang of 5
	Georgian Bay
	Harmony
	Homage To Puccini
	Improlude
	Improvisation I
	Improvisation II
	In Remembrance of Things Past
	In the Year of the Dragon
	Inspiration From a Vietnamese Lullaby
	Introduction (Paul Motian)
	It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago
	K.T.
	Kalypso
	Last Call
	Little Foot
	Lullaby
	Mandeville
	Mode VI
	Morrook (Morrock)
	Odd Man Out
	Once Around the Park
	One in Three
	Onetwo
	Osmosis, Part I
	Osmosis, Part III
	Play
	Play
	Prelude
	Psalm
	Rebica
	Second Hand
	Shadows
	Sketches
	Sting a Ring
	Synonym
	The Bag Man
	The Riot Act
	The Storyteller
	The Sunflower
	This Is the Hour
	Time and Time Again
	Triffids
	Two Women From Padua
	Victoria
	Waltz Song
	Wednesday
	Wednesday's Gone
	Whirlpool
	White Magic
	Yahllah
	wrote
	Byablue
	Frist Meeting (Tethered Moon - First Meeting)
	Intermezzo (Tethered Moon - First Meeting)
	Just Us
	Mumbo Jumbo
	Open Trio
	Part I
	Part II
	Part III
	Part IV
	Prologue
	Trieste
	West 107th Street

Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer)

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