BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop

BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1990
RecordedDecember 22, 1989
Copenhagen, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length63:08
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1259
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Partners
(1989) 		BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
(1990) 		Memoirs
(1990)

BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop (sometimes simply referred to as BeBop) is an album of bebop standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1989 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A surprising album from Bley, long considered an outside player with little, if any, affinity for straight bop. He shatters that myth on this set".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Bebop is a taxingly inventive and constantly surprising run through a dozen kenspeckle bop tunes".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 4:40
  2. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Parker) – 7:47
  3. "Ornithology" (Parker) – 7:06
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:23
  5. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:29 Bonus track on CD
  6. "The Theme" (Traditional) – 7:35 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Bebop" (Gillespie) – 2:38
  8. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 6:32
  9. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 4:37
  10. "Steeplechase" (Parker) – 3:14
  11. "Barbados" (Parker) – 3:52
  12. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 26, 2014
  2. ^ a b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2014
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 134. ISBN 0141023279.