Modern Chant
Modern Chant | ||||
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Studio album by Paul Bley Trio | ||||
Released | November 25, 1994 | |||
Recorded | September 17, 1994 | |||
Studio | Masuo Studio, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 51:48 | |||
Label | Venus TKCV-79074 | |||
Producer | Todd Barkan | |||
Paul Bley chronology | ||||
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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.[1][2]
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell states "this enjoyable, offbeat trio album featuring the unusual combination of Bley's piano, David Eyges' electric cello and Bruce Ditmas' drums seems to have very little to do with Gregorian chant per se ... Only "Digitant" seems to breathe some of the ambience of chant in its thematic material. Eyges' cello usually fills in the traditional function of a bass—albeit a very light-toned bass—while occasionally forming dissonant arco (bowed) counterlines around the piano. Bley's playing is often brilliantly unpredictable, difficult to categorize, and thus, able to stand out from the pack".[3] In JazzTimes Bill Bennett wrote "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".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Paul Bley, David Eyges and Bruce Ditmas.
- "The New You" - 3:59
- "Sweet Talk" - 4:31
- "Funhouse" - 5:34
- "Please Don't" - 5:54
- "Wisecracks" - 5:40
- "Spot" - 3:43
- "Russell" - 7:33
- "Digitant" - 4:40
- "Decompose" - 5:05
- "Loose Change" - 5:09
Personnel
- Paul Bley – piano
- David Eyges – electric cello
- Bruce Ditmas – drums
References
- v
- t
- e
- Introducing Paul Bley
- Paul Bley
- Solemn Meditation
- Footloose!
- Barrage
- Touching
- Closer
- Ramblin'
- Mr. Joy
- Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
- Ballads
- The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
- Open, to Love
- Paul Bley/NHØP
- Jaco
- Alone, Again
- Quiet Song
- Tears
- Tango Palace
- Sonor
- Questions
- Diane
- My Standard
- Fragments
- The Paul Bley Quartet
- The Nearness of You
- Blues for Red
- Notes (with Paul Motian)
- Partners (with Gary Peacock)
- BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
- Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian)
- 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann)
- Right Time, Right Place (with Gary Burton)
- Changing Hands
- In the Evenings out There
- Paul Plays Carla
- Annette
- Hands On
- If We May
- Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley)
- Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Notes on Ornette
- Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian)
- Basics
- Nothing to Declare
- About Time
- Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958
- Coleman Classics Volume 1
- Improvisie
- Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock)
- Japan Suite
- Axis
- Hot
- Live at Sweet Basil
- Solo in Mondsee
- Play Blue: Oslo Concert