Barrage

by Paul Bley, The Paul Bley Quintet

Overview

Pianist Paul Bley's early ESP free jazz session combines the influence of the Jazz Composer's Guild with Ornette Coleman. On Barrage, Bley is joined by alto saxophonist Marshall Allen (in one of his few appearances outside of Sun Ra's Arkestra), trumpeter Dewey Johnson (who would go on to play on Coltrane's Ascension the following year), Eddie Gomez on bass, and Milford Graves taking care of percussion. All compositions are by Bley's former wife, Carla Bley, with a definite nod to Coleman's hyperactive stop-start punctuation (Paul Bley had fronted one of the earliest incarnations of the original Coleman quartet). Graves and Allen are especially irrepressible here, making Barrage a lost free jazz classic. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2008
Label:	Esp-Disk
UPC:	0825481010085
Rank:	7619

Tracks

1. Batterie
2. Ictus
3. And Now the Queen
4. Around Again
5. Walking Woman
6. Barrage

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Paul Bley Quintet   Primary Artist
Paul Bley   Primary Artist,Piano,Keyboards
Marshall Allen   Sax (Alto)
Carla Bley   Piano
Eddie Gomez   Bass
Milford Graves   Percussion
Dewey Johnson   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Alfy Wade   Engineer
Bernard Stollman   Liner Notes
Carla Bley   Tapes,Assembly,Composer
Tom Abbs   Production Coordination
Sy Johnson   Cover Photo
Miles Bachman   Design,Layout Design
Mike Snow   Artwork
Steven Walcott   Mastering,Tape Transfer
Michael Sanzone   Design,Layout Design