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The Nearness of You is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1988 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

The Nearness of You
Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1989
RecordedNovember 21, 1988
Copenhagen
GenreJazz
Length65:37
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1246
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Solo Piano
(1988)
The Nearness of You
(1989)
Blues for Red
(1989)

Reception


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

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is Bley at his level jamming best. If this had been a cutting session, I'd have hated to be the horn player".[2]


Track listing


  1. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:35
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 12:54
  3. "What a Difference a Day Makes" (Stanley Adams, María Mendez Grever) - 7:28
  4. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:35 Bonus track on CD
  5. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 11:30 Bonus track on CD
  6. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 6:20
  7. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 10:44
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 6:50

Personnel



References


  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 26, 2014
  2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 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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