My Standard

My Standard is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1]

My Standard
Studio album by
Paul Bley Trio
Released1986
RecordedDecember 8, 1985
StudioSound Track Studios, Copenhagen
GenreJazz
Length64:16
LabelSteepleChase
ProducerNils Winther
Paul Bley chronology
Hot
(1985)		 My Standard
(1986)		 Fragments
(1986)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating that Bley "avoids the obvious and comes up with something new to say".[2]

Track listing
  1. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:06
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:30
  4. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:02
  5. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 4:29
  6. "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:47
  7. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD
  8. "A.R.B." (Paul Bley) – 6:18 Bonus track on CD
  9. "Blues Waltz" (Bley) – 3:06 Bonus track on CD
  10. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:43
  11. "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 3:09
  12. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:57
  13. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03
  14. "The Theme" (Traditional) - 4:45
  15. "Becky" (Bley) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD
  16. "Bolivar Blues" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:18 Bonus track on CD
  17. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:13 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References
  1. Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 25, 2014
  2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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