Closer

Paul Bley · 1972 · Ballade de Carla Bley au piano seul

Context

Piece by Carla Bley for Open, to Love, Paul Bley's solo recording made in Oslo on September 11, 1972 (5:51). The album, reissued in ECM's Touchstones series, shows the pointillism and silence that would mark his playing.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to ECM and European jazz, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.

By the same artist

• Ida Lupino (1972)

Sources

• EN: Open, to Love

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