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MGW-60001: Paul Bley
![[Front Cover]](img/MGW60001_Fs.png)
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Label Type : | blue Wing type A | |
| Matrix Number : | SIDE-A | MGW60001A MF2 A1 I | |
| SIDE-B | MGW60001B MF1 A1 I | ||
Comments
MGW-60001 is an original issue of EmArcy MG-36092.
A-5 and B-3 are also issued on EmArcy 16006 (78rpm) and 16006x45 (45rpm).
Inside The Groove
an interesting album featuring Paul Bley's earliest era.
Personal Impression (and brief notes)
Paul Bley, who played avant-garde free piano in the 1960s, surprisingly started his career as a orthodox boppish style piano player, but with some nuances.
This LP, his second leader album (first LP was on Debut label), captures his early music. Overall impression is “one of the typical boppish piano trio in the middle 1950s”, but his piano already sounds something special with nuances.
Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)
8 out of 10
Track Listing
| SIDE-A | |||
| A-1 | W233 | Topsy (Battle - Durham) | - |
| A-2 | W234 (10863) | My Heart (Paul Bley) | - |
| A-3 | W235 (10922) | That Old Feeling (Brown - Faln) | - |
| A-4 | W236 (10918) | There'll Never Be Another You (Bergner - Nelson) | - |
| A-5 | W237 (10304) | Autumn Breeze (Usher - Jackson) | - |
| A-6 | W238 (11058) | I Want To Be Hapy (Caesar - Youmans) | - |
| SIDE-B | |||
| B-1 | W239 (10930) | My Old Flame (Johnston - Coslow) | - |
| B-2 | W240 (10925) | Time On My Hands (Youmans - Adamson - Gordon) | - |
| B-3 | W241 (10303) | Drum One (Paul Bley) | - |
| B-4 | W242 (10931) | This Can't Be Love (Rogers - Hart) | - |
| B-5 | W243 (10929) | My One And Only (What Am I Gonna Do) (George & Ira Gershwin) | - |
| B-6 | W244 (11106) | 52nd Street Theme (Thelonious Monk) | - |
Personnel
Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)
A-5, B-3:
Paul Bley (p),
Percy Heath (b),
Alan Levitt (ds).
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City
on February 3, 1954.
A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B-1:
Paul Bley (p),
Peter Ind (b),
Alan Levitt (ds).
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City
on August 26, 1954.
A-6, B-2, B-4, B-5, B-6:
same personnel as above.
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City
on August 30, 1954.
The Artist Also Appears on...
Jackets
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
![[MGW-60001 FRONT]](img/MGW60001_F.png) |
![[MGW-60001 BACK]](img/MGW60001_B.png) |
Labels
| Side A | Side B |
|---|---|
![[MGW-60001 A]](img/MGW60001A.png) |
![[MGW-60001 B]](img/MGW60001B.png) |