BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop (sometimes simply referred to as BeBop) is an album of bebop standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1989 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedDecember 22, 1989
Copenhagen, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length63:08
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1259
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Partners
(1989)
BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
(1990)
Memoirs
(1990)

Reception

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

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A surprising album from Bley, long considered an outside player with little, if any, affinity for straight bop. He shatters that myth on this set".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Bebop is a taxingly inventive and constantly surprising run through a dozen kenspeckle bop tunes".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 4:40
  2. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Parker) – 7:47
  3. "Ornithology" (Parker) – 7:06
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:23
  5. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:29 Bonus track on CD
  6. "The Theme" (Traditional) – 7:35 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Bebop" (Gillespie) – 2:38
  8. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 6:32
  9. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 4:37
  10. "Steeplechase" (Parker) – 3:14
  11. "Barbados" (Parker) – 3:52
  12. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:41

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 26, 2014
  2. ^ a b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2014
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 134. ISBN 0141023279.