Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Paul Motian


Stephen Paul Motian (25 March 1931 – 22 November 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer.
He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.

Discography 

As leader

Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972)

  • Tribute (ECM, 1974)
  • Dance (ECM, 1977)
  • Le Voyage (ECM, 1979)
  • Psalm (ECM, 1982)
  • The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1984)
  • Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1985)
  • It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
  • Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986)
  • One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987)
  • Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988)
  • On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
  • Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)
  • On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1990)
  • Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
  • On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1991)
  • Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (JMT, 1992)
  • Trioism (JMT, 1993)
  • Reincarnation of a Love Bird (JMT, 1994)
  • Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 [1997])
  • At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
  • Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1998)
  • 2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 [1999])
  • Play Monk and Powell (Winter & Winter, 1998 [1999])
  • Europe (Winter & Winter, 2000 [2001])
  • Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2001 [2002])
  • I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004 [2005])
  • Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004 [2007])
  • On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (Winter & Winter, 2005)
  • Time and Time Again (ECM, 2006)
  • Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2007])
  • Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2008])
  • Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2010])
  • On Broadway Volume 5 (Winter & Winter, 2009)
  • Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010)
  • The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter, 2011)
Compilations
  • Selected Recordings (ECM, 2004)
Box Sets
  • Paul Motian (CAM Jazz, 2010)
  • Paul Motian On Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Winter & Winter, 2012)
  • Paul Motian (ECM, 2013)

As sideman

With Michael Adkins

  • Rotator (HatHut, 2008) with Russ Lossing and John Hébert
With Geri Allen
  • In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989) with Charlie Haden
  • Segments (DIW, 1989) with Charlie Haden
  • Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991) with Charlie Haden
With Tim Berne
  • Songs and Rituals in Real Time (Empire, 1982; reissue by Screwgun, 1998) with Mack Goldsbury and Ed Schuller
  • The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1982) with Ray Anderson, Mack Goldsbury, C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller
  • Mutant Variations (Soul Note, 1984) with C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller
With Samuel Blaser
  • Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue, 2011) with Russ Lossing and Thomas Morgan
With Paul Bley
  • Turns (Savoy, 1964) with John Gilmore and Gary Peacock (also in part on Improvising Artists’ Turning Point, 1975)
  • Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970)
  • Fragments (ECM, 1986) with Bill Frisell and John Surman
  • Notes (Soul Note, 1987)
  • The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987) with Bill Frisell and John Surman
  • Memoirs (Soul Note, 1990) with Charlie Haden
  • Zen Palace (Transheart, 1993) with Steve Swallow
  • Not Two, Not One (ECM, 1998) with Gary Peacock
With Salvatore Bonafede
  • Plays (Ken Music, 1991) with Marc Johnson
  • For The Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2006) with Joe Lovano, Michele Rabbia, Mark Dresser and Adam Rogers
With Jakob Bro
  • Balladeering (Loveland, 2009) with Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz and Ben Street
With Guillaume de Chassy / Daniel Yvinec
  • Songs From The Last Century (Bee Jazz, 2009) with Marc Murphy
With Anders Christensen
  • Dear Someone (Stunt, 2010) with Aaron Parks
With Marc Copland
  • New York Trio Recordings Vol.2: Voices (Pirouet, 2007) with Gary Peacock
With Chick Corea and Eddie Gomez
  • Further Explorations (UCJ Japan, 2011; international release by Concord Jazz, 2012)
With Eddie Costa
  • Eddie Costa Quintet (Interlude, 1957)
  • Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral/Verve, 1958) with Bill Evans, Wendell Marshall
  • The House of Blue Lights (Dot, 1959) with Wendell Marshall
With Marilyn Crispell
  • Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)
  • Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)
  • Storyteller (ECM, 2003)
With Furio Di Castri plus Joe Lovano Quartet
  • Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988)
With Jakob Dinesen
  • Around (Stunt, 2001) with Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Dino (Stunt, 2009) with Anders Christensen
With Bill Evans
  • New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside, 1957)
  • Portrait in Jazz (Riverside, 1959)
  • Explorations (Riverside, 1961)
  • Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961)
  • Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1961)
  • How My Heart Sings! (Riverside, 1962)
  • Moon Beams (Riverside, 1962)
  • Nirvana with Herbie Mann (Atlantic, 1962)
  • Trio '64 (Verve, 1963)
With Pierre Favre
  • Singing Drums (ECM, 1984)
With Anat Fort
  • A Long Story (ECM, 2004) with Perry Robinson and Ed Schuller
With Bill Frisell
  • Rambler (ECM, 1985)
  • Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
  • Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch Records, 2006) - Download exclusive
With Larry Goldings
  • Awareness (Warner Bros, 1997) with Larry Grenadier
With Alexandra Grimal
  • Owls Talk (Aparte/Harmonia Mundi, 2012) with Lee Konitz and Gary Peacock
With Charlie Haden
  • Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969)
  • Closeness (Horizon/Verve, 1976)
  • Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982)
  • Etudes (Soul Note, 1987) with Geri Allen
  • The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])
  • The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])
  • The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1994])
  • The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Verve, 1989 [1997])
  • Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1989)
With Yuri Honing
  • Seven (Jazz In Motion, 2001) with Paul Bley and Gary Peacock
With Keith Jarrett
  • Life Between the Exit Signs (Vortex, 1967)
  • Somewhere Before (Atlantic, 1968)
  • The Mourning of a Star (Atlantic, 1971)
  • El Juicio (The Judgement) (Atlantic, 1971)
  • Birth (Atlantic, 1971)
  • Expectations (Columbia, 1972)
  • Fort Yawuh (Impulse!, 1973)
  • Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974)
  • Backhand (Impulse!, 1974)
  • Death and the Flower (Impulse!, 1974)
  • Mysteries (Impulse!, 1975)
  • Shades (Impulse!, 1975)
  • Bop-Be (Impulse!, 1976)
  • The Survivors' Suite (ECM, 1976)
  • Eyes of the Heart (ECM, 1979)
  • At the Deer Head Inn (ECM, 1992) with Gary Peacock
With Masabumi Kikuchi
  • Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan
With Frank Kimbrough
  • Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi
With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden
  • Live at Birdland (ECM, 2011)
With Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow
  • Three Guys (Enja, 1999)
With Rudy Linka
  • Songs with Larry Grenadier
With Russ Lossing
  • Dreamer (Double Time, 2000)
  • As It Grows (HatHut, 2004)
With Joe Lovano
  • Village Rhythm (Soul Note, 1988) with Kenny Werner, Tom Harrell and Marc Johnson
  • I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
  • Joyous Encounters (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
With Bill McHenry
  • Bill McHenry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2002)
  • Roses (Sunny Side, 2007)
  • Ghosts of the Sun (Sunny Side, 2011)
With Sam Most
  • Most Plays Monk Bird & Miles (Bethlehem Records (US), Parlophone (UK), 1958)
With Simon Nabatov
  • Circle the Line (GM Recordings, 1986) and Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci
With Stephan Oliva and Bruno Chevillon
  • Fantasm - The Music of Paul Motian (BMG France/RCA Victor, 2000)
  • Intérieur nuit (Night Bird, 2002)
With Enrico Pieranunzi)
  • Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson
  • Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995)
  • Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz, 2003) with Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden
  • Doorways (CAM Jazz, 2004) with Chris Potter
  • Special Encounter (CAM Jazz, 2005) with Charlie Haden
  • New York Reflections: Live at Birdland (CAM Jazz, 2012) with Steve Swallow
  • Live at The Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz, 2013) with Marc Johnson
With Augusto Pirodda
  • No Comment (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) with Gary Peacock
With Enrico Rava
  • Tati (ECM, 2004)
  • New York Days (ECM, 2008)
With Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik
  • Two Miles a Day (Yeah Yeah, 2005) with Mat Maneri
With Saheb Sarbib
  • Seasons (Soul Note, 1982) with Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison
With Martial Solal
  • Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997) with Gary Peacock
  • Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note, 1999) with Marc Johnson
With Martin Speake
  • Change of Heart (ECM, 2002) with Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton
With Bobo Stenson
  • Goodbye (ECM, 2005) with Anders Jormin
With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock)
  • First Meeting (Winter & Winter, 1997)
  • Chansons d’Édith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999)
  • Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2004)
  • Play Kurt Weill (Winter & Winter, 2005)
With Henri Texier
  • Respect (Label Bleu, 1997) with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow
With Pietro Tonolo
  • Your Songs: The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow


























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