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If We May
1994 studio album by Paul Bley Trio
If We May is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]
Quick Facts If We May, Studio album by Paul Bley Trio ...
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Studio album by Paul Bley Trio | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | April 1993 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:47 | |||
Label | SteepleChase SCCD 31344 | |||
Producer | Nils Winther | |||
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More information Review scores, Source ...
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Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The music is quite accessible to straightahead fans even if Bley gives these warhorses some new twists, and he shows that he can swing with the best of them (not that anyone really doubted it)".[2]
- "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:36
- "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 9:43
- "If We May" (Paul Bley) - 10:08
- "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 5:59
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:26
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 5:12
- "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 5:55
- Paul Bley - piano
- Jay Anderson - bass
- Adam Nussbaum - drums
- Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 28, 2014
- Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2014
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.