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John Taylor
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John Surman
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Joshua Redman
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Marilyn Crispell
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Mulgrew Miller
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John Gilmore
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Harold Mabern
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Mat Walerian
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Ken Vandermark
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Dave Douglas
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Ray Bryant
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John Hicks
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Tommy Flanagan
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

Paul Bley

Intro
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
Genres
Awards Received
Member of the Order of Canada
Member of, past and present
Paul Bley Trio

Paul Bley Trio

Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and Arp audio synthesizers. His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically aggressive". Bley's prolific output includes influential recordings from the 1950s through to his solo piano recordings of the 2000s.