Jazz in Athens: Paul Motian

Stephen Paul Motian (25 March 1931 – 22 November 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer.
He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.

Discography

As leader

Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972)

Tribute (ECM, 1974)
Dance (ECM, 1977)
Le Voyage (ECM, 1979)
Psalm (ECM, 1982)
The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1984)
Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1985)
It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986)
One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987)
Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988)
On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)
On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1990)
Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 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)
Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 [1997])
At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1998)
2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 [1999])
Play Monk and Powell (Winter & Winter, 1998 [1999])
Europe (Winter & Winter, 2000 [2001])
Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2001 [2002])
I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004 [2005])
Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004 [2007])
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 [2007])
Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2008])
Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2010])
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 (CAM Jazz, 2010)
Paul Motian On Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Winter & Winter, 2012)
Paul Motian (ECM, 2013)

As sideman

With Michael Adkins

Rotator (HatHut, 2008) with Russ Lossing and John Hébert

With Geri Allen

In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989) with Charlie Haden
Segments (DIW, 1989) with Charlie Haden
Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991) with Charlie Haden

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

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 Guillaume de Chassy / 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 Gomez

Further Explorations (UCJ 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

Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)
Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)
Storyteller (ECM, 2003)

With Furio Di Castri plus Joe Lovano Quartet

Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988)

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, 1961)
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 Perry Robinson and Ed Schuller

With Bill Frisell

Rambler (ECM, 1985)
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch Records, 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)
Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982)
Etudes (Soul Note, 1987) with Geri Allen
The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])
The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])
The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1994])
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Verve, 1989 [1997])
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)
Fort Yawuh (Impulse!, 1973)
Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974)
Backhand (Impulse!, 1974)
Death and the Flower (Impulse!, 1974)
Mysteries (Impulse!, 1975)
Shades (Impulse!, 1975)
Bop-Be (Impulse!, 1976)
The Survivors' Suite (ECM, 1976)
Eyes of the Heart (ECM, 1979)
At the Deer Head Inn (ECM, 1992) with Gary Peacock

With Masabumi Kikuchi

Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan

With Frank Kimbrough

Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi

With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden

Live at Birdland (ECM, 2011)

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
I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
Joyous Encounters (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz

With Bill McHenry

Bill McHenry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2002)
Roses (Sunny Side, 2007)
Ghosts of the Sun (Sunny Side, 2011)

With Sam Most

Most Plays Monk Bird & Miles (Bethlehem Records (US), Parlophone (UK), 1958)

With Simon Nabatov

Circle the Line (GM Recordings, 1986) and Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci

With Stephan Oliva and Bruno Chevillon

Fantasm - The Music of Paul Motian (BMG France/RCA Victor, 2000)
Intérieur nuit (Night Bird, 2002)

With Enrico Pieranunzi)

Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson
Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995)
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