Paul Bley Introducing

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Paul Bley, complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'Introducing'; 'Paul Bley'; 'Solemn Meditation' and Jimmy Giuffre 3-'Fusion'. Quite some career this Canadian pianist had! Starting in the early 1950's, he founded the Jazz Workshop in Montreal where he played piano and recorded with Charlie Parker. At around the same time he was also playing with other great be-boppers, Lester Young and Ben Webster. By 1953 Bley was working with bassist Charles Mingus who would go on to produce his debut album 'Introducing Paul Bley'.