Paul Bley
Paul Bley (1932 to 2016) was a Canadian pianist and one of the quiet revolutionaries of jazz. Born in Montreal, he ran a New York club in the 1950s that hired the young Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, and his own trios with Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock and Barry Altschul redefined how the jazz piano trio could breathe, with space, freedom and a singing touch. He was among the first to play the Moog and ARP synthesizers live, on Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show, and later founded the pioneering video label Improvising Artists.
Paul Bley (1932 to 2016) was a Canadian pianist and one of the quiet revolutionaries of jazz. Born in Montreal, he ran a New York club in the 1950s that hired the young Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, and his own trios with Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock and Barry Altschul redefined how the jazz piano trio could breathe, with space, freedom and a singing touch. He was among the first to play the Moog and ARP synthesizers live, on Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show, and later founded the pioneering video label Improvising Artists.
