Footloose!

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Footloose!
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Studio album by
Paul Bley
Released1963
RecordedAugust 17, 1962 and September 12, 1963
StudioMedallion Studios, Newark, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length33:38
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]

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Reception

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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." [5] Fellow pianist Keith Jarrett said he listened to the album "thousands of times." [5]

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:

Syndrome:

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

Personnel

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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. 1 2 Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 18, 2014
  5. 1 2 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.
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