BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop

BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop (sometimes simply referred to as BeBop) is an album of Bebop standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1989 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
Studio album by Paul Bley Trio
Released	1990
Recorded	December 22, 1989 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:08
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1259
Producer	Nils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Partners (1989) BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop (1990) Memoirs (1990)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A surprising album from Bley, long considered an outside player with little, if any, affinity for straight bop. He shatters that myth on this set".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Bebop is a taxingly inventive and constantly surprising run through a dozen kenspeckle bop tunes".[3]

Track listing

1. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 4:40
2. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Parker) – 7:47
3. "Ornithology" (Parker) – 7:06
4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:23
5. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:29 Bonus track on CD
6. "The Theme" (Traditional) – 7:35 Bonus track on CD
7. "Bebop" (Gillespie) – 2:38
8. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 6:32
9. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 4:37
10. "Steeplechase" (Parker) – 3:14
11. "Barbados" (Parker) – 3:52
12. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:41

Personnel

• Paul Bley – piano
• Bob Cranshaw – bass
• Keith Copeland – drums

References

1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 26, 2014
2. Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2014
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 134. ISBN 0141023279.