Sonor (album)

Sonor is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1983 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album 21⁄2 stars, stating: "For Paul Bley to comment that this 1983 recording is the best collection of his music to emerge since 1961 is a provocative statement unless, knowing Bley, he's just kidding around. Since this is even more spaced-out than some of his famous "slow" recordings such as Ballads , does that mean he really wanted those recordings to be even more minimal than they were?... The demanding listener may not forgive Bley for having tapped a vein of boredom, but perhaps this enigmatic jazz figure was trying to prove that there is no such thing."^[2]

All compositions by Paul Bley

1. "Little Bells" - 4:59
2. "Landscape" - 3:45
3. "Speed" - 3:10
4. "Recollection" - 2:48
5. "Joined" - 4:46
6. "Sonor" - 6:24
7. "Waltz" - 3:34
8. "Set" - 3:49
9. "Darkness" - 5:00
10. "Tight Rope" - 1:20

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on May 22, 1983.

• Paul Bley — piano
• George Cross McDonald — percussion

• Black Saint/Soul Note albums
• Paul Bley albums
• 1984 albums

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