Ballads
Paul Bley (piano), Gary Peacock or Mark Levinson (double bass), Barry Altschul (drums)
One of ECM’s current Touchstones reissues celebrating their 50th anniversary... despite the considerable activity of Altschul and the theoretically discordant piano gestures, it’s all taken...
Ballads
Paul Bley (piano), Gary Peacock or Mark Levinson (double bass), Barry Altschul (drums)
Purchase product
One of ECM’s current Touchstones reissues celebrating their 50th anniversary... despite the considerable activity of Altschul and the theoretically discordant piano gestures, it’s all taken...
About
First released in the spring of 1971, these historic recordings from March and July 1967 capture the sound of a genre being born in the free ballads of Annette Peacock, played with extraordinary sensitivity by Paul Bley’s trio. Annette Peacock: “Critics introduced new terms, describing this music as sparse, understated, minimal, radically lyrical. The free ballad captured the imagination of listeners for ECM and became requisite for the transformation of accomplished players.”
Contents and tracklist
- Barry Altschul (drums), Gary Peacock (double bass), Paul Bley (piano)
- Recorded: 1971
- Recording Venue: New York
- Barry Altschul (drums), Mark Levinson (double bass), Paul Bley (piano)
- Recorded: 1971
- Recording Venue: New York
- Barry Altschul (drums), Mark Levinson (double bass), Paul Bley (piano)
- Recorded: 1971
- Recording Venue: New York
Awards and reviews
April 2019
One of ECM’s current Touchstones reissues celebrating their 50th anniversary... despite the considerable activity of Altschul and the theoretically discordant piano gestures, it’s all taken very slow and indeed out-of-tempo. So the net result is easy to listen to, though definitely not ‘easylistening’.
