Paul Bley - Open, To Love (1973) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 146 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 17 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Cool Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ECM Records (ECM 1023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 146 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 17 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Cool Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ECM Records (ECM 1023)
Despite the fact that pianist and composer Paul Bley had been a renowned and innovative jazzman for nearly 20 years, 1973 saw the release of his most mature and visionary work. This is one of the most influential solo piano recordings in jazz history, and certainly one that defined the sound of the German label ECM. Consisting of seven tracks, five of which were composed by Carla Bley (his ex-wife) and Annette Peacock (soon to be his ex-wife), and two originals, Bley showcased his newfound penchant for the spatial pointillism and use of silence that came to define his mature work. In Carla Bley's "Ida Lupino," the pianist took the song's harmonics and unwound them from their source, deepening the blues elements, brushing the Errol Garnerish ostinato with pastoral shades and textures of timbral elegance, and reaching the tonic chords in the middle register just as he forced the improvisation just barely into the abstract with his right hand…