Footloose!

Footloose!
Studio album by Paul Bley
Released	1963
Recorded	August 17, 1962 and September 12, 1963
Studio	Medallion Studios, Newark, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:38
Label	Savoy MG-12182
Producer	Fred Mendelsohn
Paul Bley chronology
Coleman Classics Volume 1 (1958) Footloose! (1963) Barrage (1964)

Footloose! is an album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley featuring tracks recorded in 1962 & 1963 and released on the Savoy label. ^[1] Tracks from this album, along with alternate takes and addition material from the sessions, were later released as Syndrome and Floater. ^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Down Beat	[5]

Allmusic described it as "one of Bley's most enjoyable albums". ^[4] Rough Guide author Ian Carr calls the album "classic and highly influential" stating that the "quiet, focused intensity persists throughout." ^[6] Fellow pianist Keith Jarrett said he listened to the album "thousands of times." ^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley, except as indicated

1. "When Will The Blues Leave" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:08
2. "Floater" (Carla Bley) - 6:23
3. "Turns" - 3:14
4. "Around Again" (Carla Bley) - 4:04
5. "Syndrome" (Carla Bley) - 7:07
6. "Cousins" - 4:39
7. "King Korn" (Carla Bley) - 3:57
8. "Vashkar" (Carla Bley) - 4:06

Alternate releases

Floater:

This 1984 album included tracks 1-4 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

• "Stereophrenic" (David Baker) - 5:06 (Note: some editions misspell title as "Stereophonic", and mistakenly credit Paul Bley as composer. This composition was previously recorded for George Russell's The Stratus Seekers).
• "Circle with the Hole in the Middle" (Coleman) - 5:08
• "Ballad No. 4" - 4:50

Syndrome:

This 1986 album included tracks 5-8 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

• "Around Again" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 3:53
• "Ballad I" - 4:29
• "King Korn" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 4:17
• "Ballad II" - 3:47

Personnel

• Paul Bley - piano
• Steve Swallow - bass
• Pete LaRoca - drums

References

1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 18, 2014
2. Syndrome: Discogs album entry, accessed June 18, 2014
3. Floater: Discogs album entry, accessed June 18, 2014
4. Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 18, 2014
5. Down Beat: August 12, 1965 vol. 32, no. 17
6. Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1995). The Rough Guide to Jazz - The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums . Rough Guides Ltd. pp.  63. ISBN   1-85828-137-7.