January 20, 2006

Selected Paul Motian Recordings

Recordings that Paul Motian chose to listen to for this article:

BABY DODDS "Maryland" and "Tom Tom Workout" from "Talking and Drum Solos" (Atavistic Unheard Music Series), $13 at
www.atavistic.com.

THELONIOUS MONK "Carolina Moon," from "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2" (Blue Note), $11.98.

CLIFFORD BROWN AND MAX ROACH "Delilah," from "Clifford Brown and Max Roach" (Verve), $18.99.

MILES DAVIS "Motel," from "Ascenseur Pour l'Échafaud" ("Elevator to the Scaffold"), original soundtrack (Verve), $14.98.

Recordings featuring Paul Motian recommended by Ben Ratliff:

BILL EVANS TRIO "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (Fantasy). The live sessions that helped rearrange small-group playing in jazz. $11.98.

KEITH JARRETT QUARTET "Fort Yawuh" (Impulse). From Mr. Jarrett's often-overlooked mid-1970's American quartet, with the
saxophonist Dewey Redman and the bassist Charlie Haden, a band that set one of the great examples of freedom within structure. $14.98.

MARILYN CRISPELL AND GARY PEACOCK "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" (ECM). Recorded in 1997, the slowly unfolding, songlike
music of Annette Peacock, arranged for a powerful, quiet trio. $25.98.

PAUL MOTIAN TRIO "On Broadway, Vol. 3" (Winter & Winter). His longstanding trio with the guitarist Bill Frisell and the tenor
saxophonist Joe Lovano, playing American-popular-songbook repertory live with the alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. $16.98.

PAUL MOTIAN BAND "Garden of Eden" (ECM). The new recording from his three-guitar, two-saxophone band of young musicians, playing
a few Charles Mingus tunes and a lot of originals. $17.98.

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