Paul Bley with Gary Peacock is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley with American bassist Gary Peacock recorded in two sessions on 1964 and 1968 and released on ECM in December 1970. The sessions' trios feature drummers Paul Motian and Billy Elgart, respectively.
Reception The AllMusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars stating "There's a curiously straight-ahead, tempo-driven feel to this short and sweet disc... The brittle, lo-fi sound doesn't detract from the album's historical value."Adler, D. R. Allmusic Review accessed August 29, 2011
The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "There are good things, too, from what was to be Bley's established trio. Up until that point most of the trio's best work seems to have gone unrecorded."
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
1964 Paul Bley – piano Gary Peacock – bass Paul Motian – drums
1968 Paul Bley – piano Gary Peacock – bass Billy Elgart – drums
Technical personnel
Manfred Eicher – producer B & B Wojirsch – artwork Hans Harzheim – photography
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