''Time Will Tell'' 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

Barre Phillips Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American jazz bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972, he has been based in south ...

, and saxophonist

Evan Parker Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ...

recorded in 1994 and released on the

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Reception

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'' selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. The

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review by

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awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This CD contains a series of mostly thoughtful free improvisations featuring three of the giants of the idiom... Although the results overall are not classic, the music never fails to hold on to one's interest as the three musicians continually think and evolve together".Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips except as indicated'' # "Poetic Justice" - 17:22 # "Time Will Tell" - 4:25 # "Above the Tree Line" - 4:49 # "You Will, Oscar, You Will" (Bley, Phillips) - 4:57 # "Sprung" - 5:22 # "No Questions" - 5:30 # "Vine Laces" (Parker, Phillips) - 4:04 # "Clawback" (Bley, Parker) - 3:15 # "Marsh Tides" - 5:43 # "Instance" (Parker, Phillips) - 4:26 # "Burlesque" - 7:15 *Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in January 1994.

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, so ...

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Paul Bley albums 1995 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher