Barrage is the fifth album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley. The album was recorded by Bley's quintet in 1964, released by ESP-Disk, and features saxophonist Marshall Allen in a rare appearance outside the band of Sun Ra.[1][2]
| Barrage | ||||
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| Studio album by Paul Bley Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | October 20, 1964 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 29:27 | |||
| Label | ESP-Disk | |||
| Producer | Fred Mendelsohn | |||
| Paul Bley chronology | ||||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
| DownBeat | [6] |
Allmusic gave the album four stars, calling it "a lost free jazz classic".[3] Reviewing the 2009 re-release, All About Jazz stated "Barrage is a gem from the ESP-Disk archives; an important document in the progress of contemporary music, as fresh today as the day it was first performed"[7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said, "much of the interest in the album, which like its successor consists entirely of Carla Bley tunes, is in hearing Johnson and Allen in a small group context. The music is fairly hard-edged and the presence of two such confrontational players (the trumpeter was to appear on Coltrane's Ascension) gives the set an uncomfortable fiery complexion that tends to singe away its more subtle moments".[4]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Carla Bley
- "Batterie" - 4:19
- "Ictus" - 5:24
- "And Now the Queen" - 4:21
- "Around Again" - 4:15
- "Walking Woman" - 4:18
- "Barrage" - 5:31
Personnel edit
- Paul Bley – piano
- Dewey Johnson – trumpet
- Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
- Eddie Gómez – double bass
- Milford Graves – percussion
References edit
- ^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 19, 2014
- ^ ESP-Disk catalog Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 19, 2014
- ^ a b Campbell, A., Allmusic Review accessed June 19, 2014
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ DownBeat magazine, November 4, 1965, p. 28
- ^ Rose, R. D., All About Jazz Review, February 14, 2009