This is the discography for Canadian jazz musician Paul Bley.
As leader/co-leader
Recording dateTitleLabelYear releasedPersonnel/Notes1953-11Introducing Paul BleyDebut1954Charles Mingus, Art Blakey1954-02, 1954-08Paul BleyWing1955Percy Heath/Peter Ind, Al Levitt1957-08Solemn Meditation GNP1958Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne1958-10Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958Inner City1976Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins. live1958-10Coleman Classics Volume 1Improvising Artists1977Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins. live1962-08, 1963-09Footloose!Savoy1963Steve Swallow, Pete LaRocaComplete version as The Floater Syndrome combining Floater.1962-08, 1963-09FloaterSavoy1984Steve Swallow, Pete LaRocaUnreleased tracks of Footloose! sessions.1962-08, 1963-09The Floater SyndromeSavoy1986Steve Swallow, Pete LaRocaComplete version of Footloose!.1964-03TurnsSavoy1987John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul MotianPreviously on New Music: 2nd Wave and Turning Point.1964-10BarrageESP-Disk1965Dewey Johnson, Marshall Allen, Eddie Gómez, Milford Graves1965-11TouchingFontana1965Kent Carter, Barry Altschul1965-12CloserESP-Disk1966Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul1966-07Ramblin'BYG Actuel1967Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul1966-09, 1966-10BloodFontana1966Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul1965-11, 1966-11Copenhagen and HaarlemArista/Freedom1975[2LP] Kent Carter, Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul Live1966-11In Haarlem – BloodPolydor1967 Mark Levinson, Barry Altschul Live1967-06VirtuosiImprovising Artists1976 Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul1967-03, 1967-07BalladsECM1971 Mark Levinson/Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul1964-03, 1968-05Turning PointImprovising Artists1975 John Gilmore, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian/Bill Elgart1963-04, 1968-05Paul Bley with Gary PeacockECM1970 Gary Peacock, Paul Motian/Billy Elgart1968-05Mr. JoyLimelight1968 Gary Peacock, Billy Elgart1969-04, 1969-06, 1969-11Revenge: The Bigger the Love the Greater the HatePolydor1971Annette Peacock and various others Live1970-12, 1971-01, 1971-03The Paul Bley Synthesizer ShowMilestone1971Dick Youngstein/Glen Moore/Frank Tusa, Steve Hass/Bobby Moses1971-03ImprovisieAmerica1971Annette Peacock, Han Bennink Live1971-03, 1971-11Dual UnityFreedom1972 Annette Peacock, Mario Pavone, Lawrence Cook/Han Bennink. Live1972-09Open, to LoveECM1972Solo piano1972-11Paul Bley & ScorpioMilestone1973 Dave Holland, Barry Altschul1973-06, 1973-07Paul Bley/NHØPSteepleChase1973 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen1974-06JacoImprovising Artists1976 Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas. Live1974-08Alone, AgainImprovising Artists1975 Solo piano1974-11Quiet SongImprovising Artists1975 Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Connors1976-07Japan SuiteImprovising Artists1977 Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul. Live1977-06PyramidImprovising Artists1977 Lee Konitz, Bill Connors1977-07AxisImprovising Artists1978 Solo piano. Live1983-05TearsOwl1984 Solo piano1983-05Tango PalaceSoul Note1985 Solo piano1983-05SonorSoul Note1984 George Cross McDonald1985-02QuestionsSteepleChase1985 Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard1985-02DianeSteepleChase1985 Chet Baker1985-03HotSoul Note1985 John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Barry Altschul. Live1985-12My StandardSteepleChase1986 Jesper Lundgaard, Billy Hart1986-01FragmentsECM1986 John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian1986-03Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard LiveSteepleChase1986 Jesper Lundgaard. Live1986-03Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard Live AgainSteepleChase1987 Jesper Lundgaard. Live1987-05Indian SummerSteepleChase1991 Ron McClure, Barry Altschul1987-07NotesSoul Note1987 Paul Motian1987-11The Paul Bley QuartetECM1988 John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian1987-12SoloJustin Time1989 Solo piano1988-03Live at Sweet BasilSoul Note1988 John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Barry Altschul. live1988-04Solo PianoSoul Note1988 Solo piano1988-11The Nearness of YouSteepleChase1989 Ron McClure, Billy Hart1989-05Blues for RedRed1989 Solo piano1989-05RejoicingSteepleChase1990 Michał Urbaniak, Ron McClure, Barry Altschul1989-12The Life of a Trio: SaturdayOwl1990 Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow1989-12The Life of a Trio: SundayOwl1990 Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Swallow1989-12PartnersOwl1991 Gary Peacock1989-12BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBopSteepleChase1990 Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland1990-03Right Time, Right PlaceGNP Crescendo1990 Gary Burton1990-0512 (+6) In a RowHat Hut1995 Hans Koch, Franz Koglmann1990-07MemoirsSoul Note1990 Charlie Haden, Paul Motian1991-02Changing HandsJustin Time1991 Solo piano1991-03LyricsSplasc(H)1991 Tiziana Ghiglioni1991?A MusingJustin Time1991Jon Ballantyne1991-09In the Evenings Out ThereECM1993 John Surman, Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley1991-12Paul Plays CarlaSteepleChase1992 Marc Johnson, Jeff Williams1992-04MindsetSoul Note1997 Gary Peacock1992-04AnnetteHat Hut1993 Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock1992-04Caravan SuiteSteepleChase1993 Solo piano1992-04Homage to CarlaOwl1993Solo piano1992-11Paul Bley at Copenhagen Jazz HouseSteepleChase1994 Solo piano. Live1993-03Zen PalaceTransheart1993 Steve Swallow, Paul Motian1993-03Hands OnTransheart1993 Solo piano1993-04If We MaySteepleChase1994 Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum1993-08Sweet TimeJustin Time1994 Solo piano1993-08Double TimeJustin Time1994 Jane Bunnett1993-08Know TimeJustin Time1995 Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald1993-08Synth ThesisPostcards1994 Solo piano and synthesizer1994-01Time Will TellECM1995 Evan Parker, Barre Phillips1994-03ChaosSoul Note1998 Furio Di Castri, Tony Oxley1994-07Outside InJustin Time1995 Sonny Greenwich1994-09Modern ChantVenus1994 David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas1994-09Emerald BlueVenus1994 David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas1994-10SpeechlessSteepleChase1995 Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis1994-10Reality CheckSteepleChase1996 Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis1996-04Sankt GeroldECM2000 Evan Parker, Barre Phillips. live1997-04Out of NowhereSteepleChase1998 Lee Konitz, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond1997-09Notes on OrnetteSteepleChase1998 Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield1998-01Not Two, Not OneECM1999 Gary Peacock, Paul Motian1999-03When will the blues leave?ECM2019 Bley, Peacock and Motian1999-06EchoSME1999 Masahiko Togashi2000-07BasicsJustin Time2001 Solo piano2001-06Solo in MondseeECM2007 Solo piano. Live2003-05Nothing to DeclareJustin Time2004 Solo piano2007-05About TimeJustin Time2008 Solo piano2008-08Play Blue: Oslo ConcertECM2014 Solo piano. Live
As sideman With Don Ellis Essence (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Out of Nowhere (Candid, 1988) – rec. 1961
With Jimmy Giuffre and Steve Swallow 1961: The Jimmy Giuffre 3, Fusion (Verve) 1961: The Jimmy Giuffre 3, Thesis (Verve) – re-released by ECM together with Fusion (1992) 1961: Jimmy Giuffre Trio Live in Europe 1961 (Raretone, 1984) 1961: Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 (hatART, 1993) 1961: Flight, Bremen 1961 (hatART, 1993) 1962: Free Fall (Columbia, 1963) 1989: The Life of a Trio: Saturday (Owl, 1990) 1989: The Life of a Trio: Sunday (Owl, 1990) 1992: Fly Away Little Bird (Owl, 1992) 1993: Conversations with a Goose (Soul Note, 1996)
With Sonny Rollins Sonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Victor, 1963) Tokyo 1963 (Rare Live Recordings, 1963)
With others Jakob Bro, Bro/Knak (Loveland, 2011)[2CD]Album entry on JakobBro.com Marion Brown, Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!, 1974) Satoko Fujii, Something About Water (Libra, 1996) Charlie Haden, The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1994) – rec. 1989 Lee Konitz, Out of Nowhere (SteepleChase, 1997) Charlie Parker, Montreal 1953 (Uptown UPCD 27.36, 1993) – rec. 1953 Mario Pavone, Trio Arc (Playscape, 2008) – rec. 2007 John Surman, Adventure Playground (ECM, 1992) – rec. 1991 Andreas Willers, In the North (Between the Lines, 2001)
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