Japan Suite

Japan Suite
Live album by Paul Bley, Barry Altschul & Gary Peacock
Released 1977
Recorded July 25, 1976
Yamaha Music Festival, Nemu No Sato, Shima, Mie, Japan
Genre Jazz
Length 31:51
Label Improvising Artists IAI 373849
Producer Carol Goss & Paul Bley
Paul Bley chronology

Quiet Song
(1974)		 Japan Suite
(1976)		 Pyramid
(1977)

Japan Suite is a live album by pianist Paul Bley, drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Gary Peacock recorded in Japan in 1976 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1977.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars noting the performance is "certainly more fiery than many of the other recordings by the trio and has its colorful moments".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a set of remarkable intensity, even by the standards of these fiery players".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

  1. "Japan Suite I" - 19:22
  2. "Japan Suite II" - 12:26

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 22, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 22, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 133. ISBN 0141023279.