The piano, a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand, is magnificent and the recording technically superb. ![]() Solo In Mondsee has something of a summing-up feel about it, as Bley spins ten improvisations by himself, for himself. However, he has made many more recordings (solo and not) for other labels (including his own, Improvising Artists), and notably SteepleChase. The wonderful and quite entrancing Solo in Mondsee is the result of Bley's relationship with the ECM label, which goes back almost to its inception with the album Paul Bley With Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970) and his solo album, Open, to Love (ECM, 1972). ![]() ![]() Famously competitive and a tireless introspector, Bley is recognizable not so much by a particular style, but by his restless attitude and intensity, and perhaps the solidity of each note played. Paul Bley will be seventy-five in November, 2007 and has been recording for over fifty years, taking part in every revolution in jazz since 1950.
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