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Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Ida Lupino - Paul Bley, Adams, Terry [Keybo
2. Start
3. Closer
4. Sideways in Mexico
5. Batterie
6. And Now the Queen
7. Figfoot - Paul Bley, Bley, Paul
8. Crossroads - Paul Bley, Coleman, Ornette
9. Violin
10. Cartoon - Paul Bley, Peacock, Annette

This historic album, originally released on ESP-Disk' in 1965 (featuring drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Steve Swallow), is one of Canadian-born pianist Paul Bley's most adventurous albums of the period. Bley helped spe... more »

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All Artists: Paul Bley
Title: Closer
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Esp Records Denmark
Release Date: 1/1/1993
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Modern Postbebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090204037964

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Closer

J. Feinberg | NY | 12/23/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Paul Bley's Closer is one of the best musical documents i've ever come accross. one cant help but to compare it to Footloose, another legondary Bley recording. Bley's "jazz" approach, if you can call it that, is highly influenced by the modern classical movements of Debussy, Shoenberg, and Bartok, showing his power of melody rather than of chord changes. anyone who truly appreciates the art of sound must buy this album!"