Dave Gelly 

Paul Motian: Paul Motian – review

This box set of Paul Motian's six ECM releases demonstrates the increasing subtlety of his playing, writes Dave Gelly
  
  


A discreetly handsome edition of the kind this label does so well, in tribute to the revered percussionist and composer, who died in 2011. The package contains all six of the ECM albums under Motian's name. It reveals the growing boldness of his ideas and the increasing subtlety of his playing over the course of the years 1972-1984, years that also saw the start of his long and memorable collaboration with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell. Keith Jarrett (playing both piano and flute) puts in an appearance, too, along with Charlie Haden, Leroy Jenkins and other notables.

 

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