''Notes on Ornette'' is an album by pianist
Paul Bley recorded in 1997 and released on the Danish
SteepleChase
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Reception
All About Jazz said "Bley, at times, can be a brooding musician, although the more carefree exuberance of be-bop is not a foreign concept to him. Here with ''Notes on Ornette'', the darker aspects of Bley’s musical personality suits the pointed and slightly melancholy nature of Coleman’s work... Another fine item to be added to Bley’s list of SteepleChase classics, this set not only speaks to this trio’s collective veracity but also to Coleman’s enduring genius as a writer. In fact, I’m sure the composer would be proud."
JazzTimes observed "There have been so many Bley records over the last 20-odd years that only diehards try to keep up with all of them, but anyone who has ever enjoyed the pianist should seek out ''Notes on Ornette''. Bley still enjoys throwing seemingly unrelated bits of improvised melody together, but here he often goes to the other extreme, spinning out lines that seem endless in which a few simple ideas continually transmogrify."
[Baker, D.]
JazzTimes review
January/February, 2001
Track listing
''All compositions by
Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Colle ...
except as indicated''
# "Turnaround" – 12:06
# "Lorraine" – 10:03
# "Crossroads" – 5:51
# "When Will The Blues Leave" – 6:43
# "Compassion" – 9:34
# "Rejoicing" – 10:38
# "Aarp" (Paul Bley) – 5:54
Personnel
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Paul Bley –
piano
*Jay Anderson –
bass
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Jeff Hirshfield –
drums
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References
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SteepleChase Records albums
Paul Bley albums
Instrumental albums
1998 albums