''Memoirs'' is an album by pianist

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

, bassist

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and drummer

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recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian

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Reception

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review by Josef Woodard awarded the album 3 stars stating "''Memoirs'' serves as a tidy summation of Paul Bley's gifts as an individual and musical conversationalist".Woodard, J
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'' said "A dream lineup that promises much and delivers royally... Tremendous stuff".

Track listing

:''All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated'' # "Memoirs" - 9:50 # "Monk's Dream" (

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) - 7:55 # "Dark Victory" (Charlie Haden) - 4:19 # "Latin Genetics" ( Ornette Coleman) - 7:49 # "This Is the Hour" (Paul Motian) - 6:09 # "Insanity" - 4:14 # "New Flame" (Haden) - 9:45 # "Sting a Ring" (Motian) - 7:07 # "Blues for Josh" (Haden) - 5:27 # "Enough Is Enough" (Motian) - 8:14 :*Recorded at Mondial Sound in Milano, Italy on July 20, 1990.

Personnel

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— bass *

— drums

References

{{Authority control Black Saint/Soul Note albums Paul Bley albums Charlie Haden albums Paul Motian albums 1990 albums