Paul Motian - drums Birth of a great new band, captured live at New York’s celebrated Village Vanguard, with repertoire emphasizing Paul Motian’s wonderful ballad writing. New Motian tunes are juxtaposed with “Bird Song” (from “Tati”) and “Drum Music” and “Abacus” (first heard on Paul’s now legendary album “Le Voyage”).

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August 2011 EAC extraction logfile from 6. This six-CD set, with recordings from 1972 to 1984, includes the albums Conception Vessel, Tribute, Dance, Le Voyage, Psalm and It Should’ve Happened A Long Time Ago. Paul Motian’s innovative drumming with the great trios of Bill Evans and Paul Bley had already assured him of a place in jazz’s history books, but Motian had not considered life as a bandleader until ECM proposed a recording session under his own name. “Conception Vessel” opened floodgates of creativity. Through these recordings we hear not only the evolution of several outstanding Motian ensembles and the birth of the enduring Motian/Frisell/Lovano trio, but also the growth of confidence of a unique jazz composer.

In Paul’s music, memories of Turkish and Armenian melodies he had heard as a child were filtered through a love of jazz. Early in his career, Paul had played with Thelonious Monk, and Monk’s wayward sense of dynamics remained a reference for him, but he also loved the free expressive possibilities of the new jazz. Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, regular partners in Keith’s trio and quartet, encouraged Paul’s creative flight on, respectively, “Conception Vessel” and “Tribute”. With “Dance” and “Le Voyage”, the trios with Charles Brackeen recorded 1977 and 1979, Motian shaped a soundworld entirely his own, and a blueprint for the future. This box set includes extensive liner notes by pianist Ethan Iverson and rare historical photos of the musicians.

Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway, June, 1978 Bayou Fever Where Or Wayne Dream Stalker One Handed Woman Silver Hollow ** also issued on ECM (G) ECM 1128 (CD). Virgil Blackwell, Richard Cohen, clarinet, bass clarinet; Shem Guibbory, violin; Ken Ishii, cello; Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Glen Velez, marimba, xylophone; David Van Tieghem, marimba, xylophone, piano; Gary Schall, marimba, maracas; Steve Chambers, Nurit Tilles, piano; Steve Reich, piano, marimba; Larry Karush, piano, maracas; James Preiss, metallophone, piano; Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Arnold, Pamela Fraley, voice; Jay Clayton, voice, piano; Steve Reich, composer.

Columbia Studios, NYC, January, 1980 Magg Zelma Care Free Charlie M Old Time Southside Street Dance Full Force ** also issued on ECM (G) ECM 1167 (CD). James Dooley, Marshall Farr, James Hamlin, Douglas Hedwig, trumpet; Mort Silver, flute; Virgil Blackwell, Richard Cohen, clarinet; Vincent Gnojek, Ed Joffe, soprano sax; Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory, violin; Claire Bergmann, Ruth Siegler, viola; Chris Finckel, Michael Finckel, cello; Lewis Paer, Judith Sugarman, contrabass; Bob Becker, David Van Tieghem, xylophone; Russ Hartenberger, Gary Schall, Richard Schwarz, Glen Velez, marimba; James Preiss, vibes; Larry Karush, Edmund Niemann, Steve Reich, Nurit Tilles, piano; Elizabeth Arnold, Jay Clayton, voice; Steve Reich, composer. Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, March, 1980 Reading Of Sacred Books Prayer And Despair Religious Ceremony Hymn Orthodox Hymn From Asia Minor Hymn For Good Friday Hymn Hymn For Easter Thursday Hymn To The Endless Creator Hymn From A Great Temple The Story Of The Resurrection Of Christ Holy Affirming-Holy Denying-Holy Reconciling Easter Night Procession Easter Hymn Meditation ** also issued on ECM (G) ECM 1174 (CD). Keith Jarrett, piano; Syracuse Symphony, Christopher Keene, conductor; Keith Jarrett, composer. Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway, January, 1981 Part I Nestor's Saga (The Tale Of The Ancient) Part II The Buccaneers Part III Kentish Hunting (Lady Margaret's Air) Part IV The Pilgrim's Way (To The Seventeen Walls) Part V Within The Halls Of Neptune Part VI Phoenix And The Fire Part VII Fide Et Amore (By Faith And Love) Part VIII Merry Pranks (The Jester's Song) Part IX A Fitting Epitaph ** also issued on ECM (G) ECM 1193 (CD). James Knapp, trumpet, flugelhorn, waterphone; Denney Goodhew, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Eric Jensen, cello.