Tag: Paul Motian
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Brackeen & Davidson Duo Rehearsals with Motian
Brackeen & Davidson Duo Rehearsals with Motian is this week’s podcast. About a year after the shows I did about pianist Lowell Davidson, I had a cassette tape of Motian’s from about 1977 digitized. It had a rehearsal with Lowell Davidson-he only released one album in his lifetime, so it is quite the find. I also…
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More Lowell Davidson
More Lowell Davidson is this week’s podcast. The show features the music of innovative pianist Lowell Davidson who Paul Motian played with for more than a decade. Readings from Paul Motian’s unpublished autobiography about Lowell Davidson.Set List: https://jazzcloset.blogspot.com/2023/06/more-lowell-davidson-080715.htmlPhoto: A composition Paul Motian wrote in the late 1980s called “Lowell’s Folly”
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Mo-tee-un or Mo-shun?
Mo-tee-un or Mo-shun? is this week’s podcast. The show is a tribute to Ornette Coleman’s music interspersed with readings of Paul Motian’s musings about the pronunciation of his last name.Set List: https://jazzcloset.blogspot.com/2023/05/mo-tee-or-mo-shun-061215.htmlPhoto: Paul Motian and his wife Sam Laird 1961 photographer unknown ©Paul Motian Archive
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1974 Paul Motian Video Interview
A 1974 interview by Gerald Wilson at KBCA-FM radio in Los Angeles. Filmed by John Hunt.