The Nearness of You (Paul Bley album)

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The Nearness of You
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Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1989
RecordedNovember 21, 1988
Copenhagen
Genre Jazz
Length65:37
Label SteepleChase SCS 1246
Producer Nils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Solo Piano
(1988)		The Nearness of You
(1989)		 Blues for Red
(1989)

The Nearness of You is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1988 and released on the SteepleChase label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is Bley at his level jamming best. If this had been a cutting session, I'd have hated to be the horn player". [2]

Track listing

  1. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:35
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 12:54
  3. "What a Difference a Day Makes" (Stanley Adams, María Mendez Grever) - 7:28
  4. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:35 Bonus track on CD
  5. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 11:30 Bonus track on CD
  6. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 6:20
  7. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 10:44
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 6:50

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 26, 2014
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2014
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 143. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
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