My Standard

My Standard
Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1986
RecordedDecember 8, 1985
StudioSound Track Studios, Copenhagen
GenreJazz
Length64:16
LabelSteepleChase
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Hot
(1985) 		My Standard
(1986) 		Fragments
(1986)

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
SourceRating
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]

Track listing

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

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 25, 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2014.
  3. ^ 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.