Turning Point (Paul Bley album)

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Turning Point
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Studio album by Paul Bley
Released 1975
Recorded March 9, 1964 and May 10, 1968
Mirasound Studio, New York City and the University Of Washington, Seattle
Genre Jazz
Length35:35
Label Improvising Artists IAI 373841
Producer Paul Bley
Paul Bley chronology
Mr. Joy
(1968)		Turning Point
(1975)		 Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
(1963-68)

Turning Point' is an album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley collecting studio recordings from 1964 and two concert recordings from 1968 which was released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label in 1975. [1]

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Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "Very interesting if not quite essential music". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Calls" (Carla Bley) - 6:10
  2. "Turning" (Paul Bley) - 6:30
  3. "King Korn" (Carla Bley) - 6:00
  4. "Ictus" (Carla Bley) - 4:05
  5. "Mr. Joy" (Annette Peacock) - 3:50
  6. "Kid Dynamite" (Peacock) - 3:40
  7. "Ida Lupino" (Carla Bley) - 5:20

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 20, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 20, 2014
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