''Alone, Again'' is a solo piano album by

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 ...

, recorded in Norway in 1974 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1975.Paul Bley catalog
accessed June 22, 2014

Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars noting "Bley stayed mainly in the piano's center, creating nimble melodies, working off them and crafting alternate directions or intriguing counterpoints. It was intellectual, occasionally stiff, but never dull or detached".Wynn, R.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except where noted. # "Olhos de Gato" (

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

) - 4:29 # "Ballade" - 5:54 # "And Now the Queen" (Carla Bley) - 3:06 # "Glad" - 5:08 # "Lovers" - 5:34 # "Dreams" (

Annette Peacock Annette Peacock is an American composer, musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. She is a pioneer in electronic music who combined her voice with one of the first Moog synthesizers in the late 1960s. Biography Annette Peacock was writing ...

) - 5:57 # "Explanations" - 6:48

Personnel

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 ...

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums Paul Bley albums Improvising Artists Records albums Solo piano jazz albums