Paul Bley Trio - Modern Chant: Inspiration From Gregorian Chant '1994 [2018]

Tracks list

Modern Chant (subtitled Inspiration from Gregorian Chant) is an album by pianist
Paul Bley, cellist David Eyges, and drummer Bruce Ditmas recorded in 1994 and
released on the Japanese Venus label.

Paul Bley has made a career — and a lot of good music — out of
bedeviling our expectations. Here is yet another example — beginning with
the CDs title, which might lead one to expect lots of parallel fifths and other
borrowings from the newly repopularized music of ancient monasteries. What one
gets instead is vintage Bley; well credit whatever inspiration he may choose, as
long as it delivers the like of this set. Working with David Eyges on electric
cello and Bruce Ditmas on drums, Bley is a fountain of ideas, sometimes
suggesting divergent harmonic and melodic directions, sometimes reveling in the
sound of a lone tone cluster ringing through the pulse. Eyges takes full
advantage of the range of his instrument, moving between rhythmic and melodic
contributions with grace and ingenuity. Ditmas respects the flexible time sense
that Bley brings to bear, contributing texture and color as well as pulse to the
proceedings. — JazzTimes

Tracks:

01. The New You 
02. Sweet Talk 
03. Funhouse
04. Please Dont 
05. Wisecracks 
06. Spot 
07. Russell
08. Digitant
09. Decompose 
10. Loose Change 

All Compositions & Arrangements by Paul Bley, David Eyges & Bruce Ditmas

Personnel:

Paul Bley - piano
David Eyges - electric cello
Bruce Ditmas - drums

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