Improvisie

Improvisie is a live album by Paul Bley with Annette Peacock and Han Bennink which was released on the French America label in 1971.[1]

Improvisie
Live album by
Paul Bley
Released1971 (1971)
RecordedMarch 26, 1971
VenueClub B14, Rotterdam, Holland
GenreJazz
Length37:36
LabelAmerica (AM 6121)
ProducerPierre Berjot
Paul Bley chronology
The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
(1971)		 Improvisie
(1971)		 Dual Unity
(1972)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars observing "There are two pieces on the set, the elegiac title cut, which is nearly 14 minutes in length, and the much more adventurous "Touching," which is nearly 24. On "Improvisie," elements of jazz phrasing and harmony usher in the piece haltingly, purposefully, almost reverently... Even 35 years later, "Touching" is still a brave and uncompromising work, one that asks as many questions as it answers, and one that renews its freshness with each repeated listening".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated "It was Peacock who got Bley interested in synthesisers and even at this early stage their mutual explorations of electronic sounds is extremely impressive".[3]

Track listing
  1. "Improvisie" (Annette Peacock, Han Bennink, Paul Bley) - 13:53
  2. "Touching" (Peacock) - 23:43
  • Recorded at Club B14 in Rotterdam, Holland on March 26, 1971

Personnel

References
  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 20, 2014
  2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 20, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 133. ISBN 0141023279.
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