Footloose!

Footloose! is the fourth album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley featuring tracks recorded in 1962 & 1963 and released on the Savoy label.[1] Tracks from this album, along with alternate takes and addition material from the sessions, were later released as Syndrome and Floater.[2][3]

Footloose!
Studio album by
Paul Bley
Released1963
RecordedAugust 17, 1962 and September 12, 1963
StudioMedallion Studios, Newark, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length33:38
LabelSavoy
MG-12182
ProducerFred Mendelsohn
Paul Bley chronology
Coleman Classics Volume 1
(1958)		 Footloose!
(1963)		 Barrage
(1964)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "one of Bley's most enjoyable albums".[4] Rough Guide author Ian Carr calls the album "classic and highly influential" stating that the "quiet, focused intensity persists throughout."[5] Fellow pianist Keith Jarrett said he listened to the album "thousands of times."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated

  1. "When Will The Blues Leave" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:08
  2. "Floater" (Carla Bley) - 6:23
  3. "Turns" - 3:14
  4. "Around Again" (Carla Bley) - 4:04
  5. "Syndrome" (Carla Bley) - 7:07
  6. "Cousins" - 4:39
  7. "King Korn" (Carla Bley) - 3:57
  8. "Vashkar" (Carla Bley) - 4:06

Alternate releases

Floater:

This 1984 album included tracks 1-4 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

  • "Stereophonic" (David Baker) - 5:06
  • "Circle with the Hole in the Middle" (Coleman) - 5:08
  • "Ballad No. 4" - 4:50

Syndrome:

This 1986 album included tracks 5-8 and added the following tracks recorded at the same sessions:

  • "Around Again" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 3:53
  • "Ballad I" - 4:29
  • "King Korn" [alternate take] (Carla Bley) - 4:17
  • "Ballad II" - 3:47

Personnel

References
  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 18, 2014
  2. Syndrome: Discogs album entry, accessed June 18, 2014
  3. Floater: Discogs album entry, accessed June 18, 2014
  4. Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 18, 2014
  5. Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1995). The Rough Guide to Jazz - The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums. Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 63. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
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