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Paul Bley

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Aliases
The Paul Bley Group
The Paul Bley Quartet featuring Dave Pike
Paul Bley Quintet
Paul Bley Trio
Born
November 10, 1932
Died
January 3, 2016
Country
Canada
IPI
00003385413 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bley, a jazz pianist and composer, has long resided in the United States.
Family
Carla Bley Wife (1957-1967)
Annette Peacock Wife (1967-1972)
Related
Lisle Ellis Collaborator
Kent Carter Carter played bass in Paul Bley's trio
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i 1967 (3 artists)
i 1965 (9 artists)
i 1965 (2 artists)
i 1965 (6 artists)
i 1966 (5 artists)
i 1987 (3 artists)
i 1993 (2 artists)
i 1975 (5 artists)
i 1966 (3 artists)
i 1971 Kornstad Wiik
i 1966 Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul
i 1966 Frank Kimbrough
i 1966 (2 artists)
i 1965 (4 artists)
i 1986 (3 artists)
i 1965 (12 artists)
i 1975 (47 artists)
i Kid Dynamite Paul Bley 1968 Unverified
i 1965 (11 artists)
i 1986 (6 artists)
i 1970 (8 artists)
i Mr. Joy Paul Bley 1968 Unverified
i 1966 (3 artists)
i 1986 (8 artists)
i 1976 Paul Bley
i 1966 (2 artists)
i 1966 Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul
i 1965 (6 artists)
i 1967 (5 artists)
i Turning Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock 1975 Unverified
i 1965 (12 artists)
i 1966 (2 artists)

Covers by Paul Bley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1955 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   1992 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1989 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1986 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1987 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Paul Bley / Kresten Osgood (Paul Bley) March 26, 2007 Unverified
i 1990 Dizzy Gillespie
i   1998 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 1990 Charlie Parker All Stars
i 1976 Paul Bley Quintet
i 1988 Paul Bley Quintet
i 1990 Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford
i 1957 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1976 Paul Bley
i 1989 Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars
i 1987 Paul Bley Trio
i 1987 Thelonious Monk
i Carla Paul Bley 1988 Unverified
i Carla Gary Burton & Paul Bley 1990 Unverified
i Carla Paul Bley / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1973 Unverified
i 1994 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i 1988 James Melton
i 1987 James Melton
i 1993 Don Ellis [US1]
i 1976 Don Ellis [US1]
i   1990 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i   1997 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i 1994 Billie Holiday
i 1990 Pete LaRoca
i   1985 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
i February 1999 Paul Bley Trio
i 1988 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
i 1992 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1994 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 2014 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1985 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1987 Bobbe Arnst
i   1954 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1992 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1986 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1997 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1986 Paul Bley Quintet
i 1973 Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock
i 1966 Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock
i 1990 Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock
i 1994 Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock
i 1988 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
i 1987 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
i 1986 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
i 1987 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
i 1988 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i 1985 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i 1998 Ethel Merman
i   1989 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1997 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   May 31, 2019 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
i   1989 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1987 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1994 Victor Herbert
i   1990 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i   1998 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1955 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i   1997 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 1986 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i   1989 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i Kid Dynamite Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock 1975 Unverified
i Kid Dynamite Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock 1993 Unverified
i 1975 Paul Bley
i 1976 Paul Bley
i 1990 The Tadd Dameron Sextet
i 1992 Ornette Coleman
i 1991 Ornette Coleman
i 1998 Alfred Newman
i 1990 Ástor Piazzolla & Gary Burton
i   1954 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
i 1985 Gloria Grafton
i   1970 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i   1986 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i 1998 Ornette Coleman
i 1992 Billie Holiday
i 1986 Billie Holiday
i 1997 Billie Holiday
i 1989 George Shearing Quintet
i 1992 Thelonious Monk Trio
i Mr Joy Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock 1975 Unverified
i   1989 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1990 Charlie Parker [US1]
i 1955 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1955 Fred Astaire, Betty Compton and Gertrude McDonald
i 1990 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i 1975 (unknown)
i 1990 (unknown)
i 1973 (unknown)
i 1990 Charlie Parker Septet
i 1989 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1997 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1993 Jaco Pastorius Pat Metheny Bruce Ditmas Paul Bley
i 1985 Sonny Rollins
i 1995 Sonny Rollins
i March 2014 Sonny Rollins
i 1987 Sonny Rollins
i 1991 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1966 Ornette Coleman
i 1986 Ornette Coleman
i 1998 Ornette Coleman
i 1986 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i November 11, 1997 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
i   1998 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i   1988 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1954 Stan Getz
i 1990 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i 1995 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i   October 1, 1991 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1992 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1989 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1997 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1989 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1990 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1955 Virginia Verrill
i 2014 Ornette Coleman
i   November 15, 1995 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i   November 11, 1997 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i 1989 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i 1955 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i   1989 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i   1995 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i   1955 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i   1955 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i 1988 James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
i 1955 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1998 Ornette Coleman
i 1994 Ornette Coleman
i 1990 Bill Evans, Jim Hall
i 1976 Paul Bley
i 1986 Paul Bley
i 1989 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1989 Pedro Via y su orquesta
i 1998 Elsie Carlisle
i   1987 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 1965 Ornette Coleman
i 1986 Ornette Coleman
i 2014 Ornette Coleman
i May 31, 2019 Ornette Coleman
i 1986 Ornette Coleman
i 1987 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i   1986 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i   1990 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i 1985 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i   1989 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Alone, Again Paul Bley 1975 Improvising Artists
A Musing Jon Ballantyne / Paul Bley 1991 Justin Time
Annette Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock 1993 Hat Art
Ballads Paul Bley 1971 ECM
Barrage Paul Bley Quintet 1965 ESP-Disk'
Bebopbebopbebopbebop Paul Bley Trio 1990 SteepleChase
Blood Paul Bley 1966 Fontana
Changing Hands Paul Bley October 1, 1991 Justin Time
Closer Paul Bley Trio 1966 ESP-Disk'
Diane Chet Baker & Paul Bley 1985 SteepleChase
Fly Away Little Bird Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow 1992 Owl [FR]
Footloose! Paul Bley 1965 Savoy Records
Fragments Paul Bley 1986 ECM
Homage to Carla Paul Bley 1993 Owl [FR]
Hot The Paul Bley Group 1986 Soul Note
If We May Paul Bley Trio 1994 SteepleChase
Introducing Paul Bley Paul Bley with Charlie Mingus, Art Blakey 1954 Debut
Jacos Patorius Pat Metheny Bruce Ditmas Paul Bley Jaco Pastorius Pat Metheny Bruce Ditmas Paul Bley 1976 Improvising Artists
Jazz 'n (E)Motion Paul Bley 1998 BMG France
Live Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard 1986 SteepleChase
Live Again Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard 1987 SteepleChase
Live at The Hilcrest Club 1958 Paul Bley, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins 2014 Doxy
Memoirs Bley / Haden / Motian 1992 Soul Note
My Standard Paul Bley Trio 1986 SteepleChase
My Standard [CD] Paul Bley Trio 1987 SteepleChase
Notes Bley / Motian 1988 Soul Note
Notes on Ornette Paul Bley 1998 SteepleChase
Not Two, Not One Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian February 1999 ECM
Open, to Love Paul Bley 1973 ECM
Out of Nowhere Don Ellis, Steve Swallow, Paul Bley 1989 Candid
Out of Nowhere Lee Konitz & Paul Bley 1997 SteepleChase
Outside In Paul Bley, Sonny Greenwich 1995 Justin Time
Partners Paul Bley / Gary Peacock 1991 Owl [FR]
Paul Bley Paul Bley 1955 Wing
Paul Bley Paul Bley 1970 ECM
Paul Bley / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Paul Bley / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1973 SteepleChase
Play Blue Paul Bley March 2014 ECM
Ramblin' Paul Bley 1967 BYG Records
Right Time, Right Place Gary Burton & Paul Bley 1990 Sonet
Solemn Meditation The Paul Bley Quartet featuring Dave Pike 1957 Gene Norman Presents
Solo Piano Paul Bley 1988 SteepleChase
The Montreal Tapes Charlie Haden with Paul Bley and Paul Motian 1994 Verve Records
The Nearness of You Paul Bley Trio 1989 SteepleChase
Turning Point Paul Bley, John Gilmore, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock 1975 Improvising Artists
When Will the Blues Leave Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian May 31, 2019 ECM

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
Justin Time for Christmas various artists November 15, 1995 Justin Time
Justin Time for Christmas Two various artists November 11, 1997 Justin Time
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