Notes (album)

Notes is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley and American drummer Paul Motian, recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Notes
Studio album by Paul Bley and Paul Motian
Released	1987
Recorded	July 3 & 4, 1987
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:08
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Paul Bley chronology
Fragments (1986) Notes (1987) The Paul Bley Quartet (1987)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

The AllMusic review by Eugene Chadbourne stated that "the tracks basically having the flatness and relative lack of detail of the album's cover illustration. These performances have a lingering quality, however, certain moments eventually acquiring magic like illuminations, even though it is all mere residue under the fingers of players who seemingly can create beauty in their sleep."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Their interplay in the most demanding of improvisational settings is intuitive and perfectly weighted".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Notes" (Paul Bley) – 4:16
2. "Batterie" (Carla Bley) – 4:38
3. "Piano Solo No.1" (Paul Bley) – 5:19
4. "West 107th Street" (Paul Motian) – 4:55
5. "Just Us" (Motian) – 4:26
6. "No.3" (Paul Bley) – 4:08
7. "Turns" (Paul Bley) – 4:40
8. "Ballad" (Paul Bley) – 2:31
9. "Excerpt" (Paul Bley) – 2:44
10. "Love Hurts" (Paul Bley) – 4:51
11. "Inside" (Paul Bley) – 5:16
12. "Finale" (Paul Bley) – 3:13
13. "Diane" (Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack) – 4:11

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on July 3 & 4, 1987.

Personnel

• Paul Bley – piano
• Paul Motian – percussion