If We May is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the SteepleChase label.Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 28, 2014
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The music is quite accessible to straightahead fans even if Bley gives these warhorses some new twists, and he shows that he can swing with the best of them (not that anyone really doubted it)".Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2014
Track listing "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 9:36 "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 9:43 "If We May" (Paul Bley) - 10:08 "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 5:59 "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:26 "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 5:12 "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 5:55
Personnel Paul Bley - piano Jay Anderson - bass Adam Nussbaum - drums
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