Questions (album)

1985 studio album by Paul Bley

Questions

Studio album by

Paul Bley

Released| 1985
Recorded| February 26, 1985
Studio| Sound Track Studios, Copenhagen
Genre| Jazz
Length| 47:18
Label| SteepleChase SCS 1205
Producer| Nils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
| Sonor
(1984)  | Questions
(1985)  | Diane
(1985)

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Questions is an album by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "The more normal sounding trio recordings towards the front of the disc sound almost out of place, but the rest of Questions is Bley at his tranquil but never placid best."[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Paul Bley

1. "Lovely" - 6:14
2. "Adventure 1" - 2:09
3. "Adventure 2" - 2:30
4. "Adventure 3" - 1:33
5. "Adventure 4" - 3:16
6. "Beautiful" - 5:07
7. "The Pause is Not Rhythmic" - 4:09 Bonus track on CD
8. "Questions" - 2:40
9. "Here and Gone 1" - 4:45
10. "Here and Gone 2" - 2:18
11. "Here and Gone 3" - 3:36
12. "Here and Gone 4" - 1:58
13. "Fanfare" - 7:03

## Personnel

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* Paul Bley \- piano
* Jesper Lundgaard \- bass
* Aage Tanggaard \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 25, 2014
2. ^ a b Mason, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2014.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 143\. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Paul Bley

Studio albums|

* Introducing Paul Bley
* Paul Bley
* Solemn Meditation
* Footloose!
* Barrage
* Touching
* Closer
* Ramblin'
* Mr. Joy
* Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
* Ballads
* The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
* Open, to Love
* Paul Bley/NHØP
* Jaco
* Alone, Again
* Quiet Song
* Tears
* Tango Palace
* Sonor
* Questions
* Diane
* My Standard
* Fragments
* The Paul Bley Quartet
* The Nearness of You
* Blues for Red
* Notes (with Paul Motian)
* Partners (with Gary Peacock)
* BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
* Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian)
* 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann)
* Right Time, Right Place (with Gary Burton)
* Changing Hands
* In the Evenings out There
* Paul Plays Carla
* Annette
* Hands On
* If We May
* Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
* Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley)
* Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
* Notes on Ornette
* Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian)
* Basics
* Nothing to Declare
* About Time

Live albums|

* Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958
* Coleman Classics Volume 1
* Improvisie
* Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock)
* Japan Suite
* Axis
* Hot
* Live at Sweet Basil
* Solo in Mondsee
* Play Blue: Oslo Concert

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