Paul Bley – Introducing Paul Bley

Album di debutto del pianista Paul Bley.
Track list :
“Opus 1” (Paul Bley)- 4:08
“Opus 1 (Alternate Take) (Paul Bley) – 3:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
“(Teapot) Walkin'” (Richard Carpenter) – 4:28
“Like Someone in Love” (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) – 4:03
“Spontaneous Combustion” (Paul Bley) – 4:15
“Split Kick” (Horace Silver) – 3:05
“I Can’t Get Started” (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) – 3:37
“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 3:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
“The Theme” (Paul Bley) – 3:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
“This Time the Dream’s on Me” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
“Zootcase” (Zoot Sims) – 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded in New York City on November 30, 1953.
Personnel
Paul Bley — piano
Charles Mingus — bass
Art Blakey — drums