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My Standard
My Standard
Studio album by Paul Bley Trio
Released	1986
Recorded	December 8, 1985
Studio	Sound Track Studios, Copenhagen
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:16
Label	SteepleChase
Producer	Nils Winther
Paul Bley chronology

My Standard is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating that Bley "avoids the obvious and comes up with something new to say".^[2]

"I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:06
"Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:30
"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:02
"Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 4:29
"Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:47
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD
"A.R.B." (Paul Bley) – 6:18 Bonus track on CD
"Blues Waltz" (Bley) – 3:06 Bonus track on CD
"I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:43
"If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 3:09
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:57
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03
"The Theme" (Traditional) - 4:45
"Becky" (Bley) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD
"Bolivar Blues" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:18 Bonus track on CD
"Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:13 Bonus track on CD

^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 25, 2014
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2014.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.