This is the discography of American jazz musician Paul Motian. As leader
Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972 ) Tribute (ECM, 1974) Dance (ECM, 1977 ) Le voyage (ECM, 1979) Psalm (ECM, 1981 ) The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1983 ) Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1984 ) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1984 ) Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986 ) One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987 ) Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988 ) On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1988 ) On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1989) Bill Evans (JMT, 1990) Motian in Tokyo (Bamboo, 1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1991 ) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (JMT, 1992 ) Trioism (JMT, 1993 ) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (JMT, 1994) At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995) Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 ) Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1996 ) Trio 2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 ) Play Monk and Powell (Winter & Winter, 1998 ) Europe (Winter & Winter, 2000 ) Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2001 ) I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004 ) Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004 ) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (Winter & Winter, 2005) Time and Time Again (ECM, 2006) Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter, 2006 ) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter, 2006 ) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (Winter & Winter, 2006 ) On Broadway Volume 5 (Winter & Winter, 2009) Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010) The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter, 2011)
Compilations Selected Recordings (ECM, 2004)
Box Sets Paul Motian - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note (Compr. the six albums for Soul Note, CAM Jazz, 2010) Paul Motian on Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Rec. 1988–2008, Winter & Winter, 2012) Old & New Masters Edition: Paul Motian (Six albums rec. 1972–1984, ECM, 2013)
With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (Winter & Winter, 1990–91, ) Tethered Moon (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 ; Evidence, 1993) Triangle (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 ) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (JMT, 1994 ; reissued on Winter & Winter, 2005) Plays Jimi Hendrix+ (Polydor/Media Rings, 1997 ) Chansons d’Édith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999 ) Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2002 )
As sideman With Michael Adkins Rotator (Hathut Records|HatHut), 2008) with Russ Lossing and John Hébert Flaneur (Hathut Records|HatHut], recorded 2008, released 2018) with Russ Lossing and Larry Grenadier With Geri Allen and Charlie Haden Etudes (Soul Note, 1987); Haden and Motian credited ahead of Allen In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989) Segments (DIW, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 ); issued under Haden's name Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991) With Mose Allison I Love the Life I Live (Columbia, 1960) Wild Man on the Loose (Atlantic, 1965) The Earth Wants You (Blue Note, 1993) Gimcracks and Gewgaws (Blue Note, 1997) With Derek Bailey
Duo in Concert (Frozen Reeds, 2023)
With Tim Berne Songs and Rituals in Real Time (Empire, 1982; reissue by Screwgun, 1998) with Mack Goldsbury and Ed Schuller The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1982) with Ray Anderson, Mack Goldsbury, C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller Mutant Variations (Soul Note, 1984) with C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller With Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue, 2011) with Russ Lossing and Thomas Morgan Live at Cornelia Street Café (Blaser Music, 2021) with Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik With Carla Bley Escalator Over The Hill (JCOA, 1971) With Paul Bley Turns (Savoy, 1964) with John Gilmore and Gary Peacock (also in part on Improvising Artists’ Turning Point, 1975) Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970) Fragments (ECM, 1986) with Bill Frisell and John Surman Notes (Soul Note, 1987) The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987) with Bill Frisell and John Surman Memoirs (Soul Note, 1990) with Charlie Haden Zen Palace (Transheart, 1993) with Steve Swallow Not Two, Not One (ECM, 1998) with Gary Peacock With Salvatore Bonafede Plays (Ken Music, 1991) with Marc Johnson For the Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2006) with Joe Lovano, Michele Rabbia, Mark Dresser and Adam Rogers With Jakob Bro Balladeering (Loveland, 2009) with Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz and Ben Street With Bob Brookmeyer Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) With Guillaume de Chassy and Daniel Yvinec Songs from the Last Century (Bee Jazz, 2009) with Marc Murphy With Anders Christensen Dear Someone (Stunt, 2010) with Aaron Parks With Marc Copland New York Trio Recordings Vol.2: Voices (Pirouet, 2007) with Gary Peacock With Chick Corea and Eddie Gómez Further Explorations (Universal Japan, 2011; international release by Concord Jazz, 2012) With Eddie Costa Eddie Costa Quintet (Interlude, 1957) Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral/Verve, 1958) with Bill Evans, Wendell Marshall The House of Blue Lights (Dot, 1959) with Wendell Marshall With Marilyn Crispell Live in Zurich (Leo, 1990) Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997) Amaryllis (ECM, 2000) Storyteller (ECM, 2003) With Furio Di Castri Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988) with Joe Lovano With Jakob Dinesen Around (Stunt, 2001) with Kurt Rosenwinkel Dino (Stunt, 2009) with Anders Christensen With Bill Evans New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside, 1957) Portrait in Jazz (Riverside, 1959) Explorations (Riverside, 1961) Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961) Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1962) How My Heart Sings! (Riverside, 1962) Moon Beams (Riverside, 1962) Nirvana with Herbie Mann (Atlantic, 1962) Trio 64 (Verve, 1963) With Pierre Favre Singing Drums (ECM, 1984) With Anat Fort A Long Story (ECM, 2004 ) With Bill Frisell Rambler (ECM, 1985) Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006) Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch, 2006) - Download exclusive With Larry Goldings Awareness (Warner Bros, 1997) with Larry Grenadier With Alexandra Grimal Owls Talk (Aparte/Harmonia Mundi, 2012) with Lee Konitz and Gary Peacock With Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969) Closeness (Horizon/Verve, 1976) The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982) The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 ) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 ) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 ) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Verve, 1989 ) Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1989) With Yuri Honing Seven (Jazz in Motion, 2001) with Paul Bley and Gary Peacock With Keith Jarrett
Life Between the Exit Signs (Vortex, 1967) Somewhere Before (Atlantic, 1968) The Mourning of a Star (Atlantic, 1971) El Juicio (The Judgement) (Atlantic, 1971) Birth (Atlantic, 1971) Expectations (Columbia, 1972) Hamburg '72 (ECM, 1972 ) Fort Yawuh (Impulse!, 1973) Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974) Back Hand (Impulse!, 1974) Death and the Flower (Impulse!, 1974) Mysteries (Impulse!, 1975) Shades (Impulse!, 1975) Bop-Be (Impulse!, 1976) The Survivors' Suite (ECM, 1976) Byablue (Impulse!, 1977) Eyes of the Heart (ECM, 1979) At the Deer Head Inn (ECM, 1992) with Gary Peacock
With Masabumi Kikuchi (see also Tethered Moon) Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan With Frank Kimbrough Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi With Lee Konitz (and Warne Marsh) Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1959 ); Warne Marsh's solos from these recordings were issued as The Art of Improvising (Revelation, 1959 [1974}) With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden Live at Birdland (ECM, 2009) With Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow Three Guys (Enja, 1999) With Rudy Linka Songs with Larry Grenadier With Russ Lossing Dreamer (Double Time, 2000) As It Grows (HatHut, 2004) With Joe Lovano Village Rhythm (Soul Note, 1988) with Kenny Werner, Tom Harrell and Marc Johnson Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989; reissued by Evidence Music, 1995) with Bill Frisell, Tim Hagens, Gary Valente, Judi Silvano, Henri Texier I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz Joyous Encounter (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz With Warne Marsh Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1958) With Bill McHenry Bill McHenry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2002) Roses (Sunny Side, 2007) Ghosts of the Sun (Sunny Side, 2011) With Helen Merrill You and the Night and the Music (Verve, 1998) With Sam Most Most Plays Monk Bird & Miles (Bethlehem (US), Parlophone (UK), 1958) With Simon Nabatov Circle the Line (GM, 1986) and Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci With and Bruno Chevillon Fantasm - The Music of Paul Motian (BMG France/RCA Victor, 2000) Intérieur nuit (Night Bird, 2002) With John Patitucci One More Angel (Concord, 1997) With Enrico Pieranunzi Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995) The Night Gone By (Alfa Jazz, 1996) with Marc Johnson Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz, 2003) with Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden Doorways (CAM Jazz, 2004) with Chris Potter Special Encounter (CAM Jazz, 2005) with Charlie Haden New York Reflections: Live at Birdland (CAM Jazz, 2012) with Steve Swallow Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz, 2013) with Marc Johnson With Augusto Pirodda No Comment (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) with Gary Peacock With Enrico Rava Tati (ECM, 2004) New York Days (ECM, 2008) With Gonzalo Rubalcaba Discovery: Live at Montreux (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1991) with Charlie Haden With Roswell Rudd Blown Bone (Philips, 1979) With Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik Two Miles a Day (Yeah Yeah, 2005) with Mat Maneri With Saheb Sarbib Seasons (Soul Note, 1982) with Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison With Zoot Sims Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (United Artists, 1959) with Al Cohn and Phil Woods With Martial Solal At Newport '63 (RCA Victor, 1963) Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997) with Gary Peacock Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note, 1999) with Marc Johnson With Martin Speake Change of Heart (ECM, 2002) with Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton With Bobo Stenson Goodbye (ECM, 2005) with Anders Jormin With Henri Texier Respect (Label Bleu, 1997) with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow With Pietro Tonolo Portrait of Duke (Label Bleu, 2000) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow Your Songs: The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow With Eric Watson and Ed Schuller Conspiracy (Decca Records France, 1982)
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