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Personnel includes: Paul Bley (piano); Sonny Greenwich (guitar).
Pianist Paul Bley and guitarist Sonny Greenwich recorded these duets in 1994. Both musicians are Canadian--and the session came about after they appeared at a jazz festival in Montreal. Relying largely upon their skills as improvisers, Bley and Greenwich play off each other with a good-natured familiarity. Common ground is found in the music itself, with characteristics of the blues running through major portions of the set.
There are solo pieces by both Bley and Greenwich. They also tackle a couple standards ("I Remember Harlem" and "These Foolish Things") and a pair by two saxophone titans (Charlie Parker's "Steeplechase" and Sonny Rollins' "Pent Up House"). Most of this session is actually much less "outside" than what Bley is generally known for, but in fact, his catalog and past experience are quite deep and broad, and he has happily headed into these friendly waters throughout his career.
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