sachimay Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 a truly sad day...one my all-time favorite musicians.... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/arts/music/paul-motian-jazz-drummer-is-dead-at-80.html?_r=1 www.dandechellis.com "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Oh man. RIP to perhaps the most highly individualistic, creative drummer of all. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nillerbabs Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! When in doubt, superimpose pentatonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I saw him live with Jarrett years ago. On the last song of the concert, Paul took a solo, but instead of a typical flashy powerhouse drum solo, it was subtle and pure music. The audience started talking over the solo, so Jarrett cut the solo off and took the song out. Paul Motian was "too hip for the room" - some so-called music critics never knew what he was doing either. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I saw him live with Jarrett years ago. On the last song of the concert, Paul took a solo, but instead of a typical flashy powerhouse drum solo, it was subtle and pure music. The audience started talking over the solo, so Jarrett cut the solo off and took the song out. Paul Motian was "too hip for the room" - some so-called music critics never knew what he was doing either. ...And you wonder why Jarrett gets pissed at his audiences sometimes. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Truly sad! My favorite track of his: [video:youtube] His solo is dead simple but you could actually sing the head along to it. Great stuff! Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Charlie Haden just tweeted this: "Paul Motian was and will always be our heartbeat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Great musician...so creative throughout his life...never settled on what he knew. I heard this today and loved it [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdO6rkSSdgA http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Very sad news.... That "Live at the Deer Head Inn" is such an intimate live record. You feel like you're sitting in someone's living room listening to the Trio. I've read were some "music critics" said they thought Keith didn't play as well on the record as the all the other Standards records with Jack. I think it's a different vibe then what Jack brings obviously, but still swinging in his own unique, earthy, inimitable style. It says a lot when PM was the only other drummer outside of Jack that Keith would record with. Personally I think KJ sounds super relaxed on that Dear Head record. I have him on a Larry Goldings piano trio record dating back to '96/'97 called "Awareness" with Larry Grenadier. Very Jarrettish vibe, some really nice Goldings originals and inspired playing by all. The Jazz world mourns another loss today... https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dglavko Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Very sad to lose him. He was still contributing in a very meaningful way and put out some great recordings even the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Sad to hear -- I really enjoyed his later works on the obscure "Winter & Winter" label (home to my ultimate jazz hero, Uri Caine). And of course I was a HUGE fan of the Jarrett Quartet/Quintet in the 70's. I would go along with the vote for "Bye Bye Blackbird". Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Paul Motian, Jazz Drummer, Is Dead at 80 By BEN RATLIFF Paul Motian, a drummer, bandleader, and composer of grace and abstraction, and one of the most influential jazz musicians of the last 50 years, died early Tuesday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in NewYork. He was 80 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was complications of myelodisplastic syndrome, a bone-marrow disorder, said his friend, Carole dInverno Frisell. Mr. Motian was a living connection to some of the groups of the past that informed what jazz sounds like today: he had been in Bill Evanss great trio in the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing on the albums Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard, and in Keith Jarretts American quartet during the 1970s. But it was in the second half of his life that Mr. Motian found himself as a composer and a bandleader, and his own work took off. He worked steadily, and for the last six years or so almost entirely in Manhattan, with the support of the record producers Stefan Winter and Manfred Eicher, who streamed out his albums, and Lorraine Gordon of the Village Vanguard, who eventually booked his groups for up to four or five weeks per year. Then there were the many musicians he played with regularly, including the saxophonist Joe Lovano and the guitarist Bill Frisell, with whom he kept a working trio; the pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and the saxophonists Greg Osby and Chris Potter, with whom he played in trios and quartets; the members of the Electric Bebop Band, with multiple electric guitars, which in 2006 became the Paul Motian Band; and dozens of other musicians, from young unknowns to old masters. For almost all of his bands, his repertory was a combination of terse and mysterious originals he composed at the piano, American songbook standards, and music from the bebop tradition: Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus. Find 660 of my jazz piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moj Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 RIP - He also played with Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro on Sunday at the Village Vanguard. I always liked his work with Jarrett's American group in the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannis D Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Really great - a pianist's drummer for sure I saw him years ago in Paris with his electric bebop band - two saxes, two electric guitars and electric bass (Steve Swallow if i'm not mistaken). Very interesting approach, somewhere between bebop, modern jazz and jazz rock. R.I.P. Be grateful for what you've got - a Nord, a laptop and two hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Sad news indeed, one of the most musical drummers I've ever heard. Fortunately, his recorded legacy is huge. Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Since this is a thread to pay respects, and not too many posts yet, I'll add a bit more of a tribute - not to overdo it, but maybe some who don't know Paul Motian's playing will find it interesting. Music critics who criticized PM should consider the ultimate endorsement: that there was something in his playing that made Jarrett, Bill Evans and Paul Bley want him for their drummer. He was an original, and I think his style influenced and helped create the now famous Jarrett groove. I believe Paul Bley best suited Paul Motian's concept and vice versa. Some of my favorite PM is on a trio album in the 90's with Paul Bley and Charlie Haden. I think it's called "Memoirs". There's a ballad on the CD where Bley intentionally stretched the time (slower/faster) and Haden and Motian went along with it. Then Motian started keeping strict time against the time stretch, until the drums became completely opposite from the bass and piano in the time. Once the beat was backwards, Paul Motian kept it there, opened up and started embellishing it, like a naughty kid celebrating the freedom of doing something 'wrong'. It was intentional and brilliant, but one reviewer, unaware of Motian's concept, said he couldn't play and that Bley shouldn't have used him on the session. Paul Motian could play deep, intense and complex, but always with a childlike purity, like the thrill of picking up sticks for the first time. Each moment was organically raw and technically abstract, sort of like the T. Monk of drums. Musicality was more important to him than the traditional role of his instrument. So that's my take on what I hear in PM's playing. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 It shouldn't be a surprise that Jarrett thinks Bley doesn't get enough credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 It shouldn't be a surprise that Jarrett thinks Bley doesn't get enough credit. Yeah, like Motian, Bley doesn't get near the credit he deserves. Bley was an influence on Jarrett, as was John Coates, Jr. And Jarrett gets credit for shaping those (and other) influences into his personal style. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Paul Motian: There's a Million Songs Out There "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Motian was essential. He was a musician's musician, and a drummer who could raise any other player's game. A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 It took me a while to find something to say. He was 80, true, but you think that certain people are never going to die. A true musician, a gentle person, an inspiring force behind several of our favorite pianists, a creative human being, and, of course, an underrated overall artist. RIP Paul Motian. You will live forever in the hundred of great recordings that you've left us, and especially in the fact that your playing has made us all better musicians and better people. Sorry if it sounds a bit emphatic... that's what my heart is saying to me. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blKYD-BNMuo&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 RIP, Paul. Thanks for the music. Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Musicality was more important to him than the traditional role of his instrument. This. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionian Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Paul Motian: There's a Million Songs Out There Took a while to get through it, but thanks for posting - that interview was fantastic. Regards, Frank www.frankperri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Truly sad! My favorite track of his: [video:youtube] His solo is dead simple but you could actually sing the head along to it. Great stuff! That's beautiful! http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just bought that album on iTunes - At the Deer Head Inn http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachimay Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/paul-motian-memorial-broadcast 24 hours of Paul Motian streaming on the web www.dandechellis.com "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Really sad news, evenemang though he was 80. I SAW him live a few times, and it was always a great experience. RIP, Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non ce futuro Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 One of the greatest musical drummers, a terrible loss Of course I loved his work with Evans, Bley and KJ, but also enjoyed a lot his later 'Broadway' recordings with Frisell, Joe Lovano and Haden... Seems that we're losing many of the old masters in the last years RIP Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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