Paul Motian

Main Discography

  • Paul Motian: Conception Vessel [1972.11; ECM]
  • Paul Motian: Tribute [1974.05; ECM 1048]
  • Paul Motian: Dance [1977.09; ECM 1108] [B]
  • Paul Motian: Le Voyage [1979.03; ECM]
  • Paul Motian: Psalm [1981.12; ECM]
  • Paul Motian: The Story of Maryam [1983.07; Soul Note 121074]
  • Paul Motian: Jack of Clubs [1984.03; Soul Note 121124]
  • Paul Motian: It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago [1984.07; ECM 1283]
  • Paul Motian, Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci, Simon Nabatov: Circle the Line [1986.06; GM 3009]
  • Paul Motian: Misterioso [1986.07; Soul Note 121174]
  • Paul Motian: One Time Out [1987.09; Soul Note 121224]
  • Paul Motian: Monk in Motian [1988; JMT 834421] [B+]
  • Paul Motian: Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 1 [1988; JMT 834430] [B]
  • Paul Motian: Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 2 [1989; JMT 834440] [B+]
  • Paul Motian: Bill Evans [1990; JMT 834445] [B+]
  • Paul Motian: Motian in Tokyo [1991; JMT 849154]
  • Paul Motian: Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 3 [1991; JMT 849157]
  • Paul Motian: Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band [1992; JMT 514004] [A-]
  • Paul Motian: Trioism [1993; JMT 514012] [B]
  • Paul Motian: Reincarnation of a Love Bird [1994; JMT 514016] [B]
  • Paul Motian: You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart [1995; JMT 514028]
  • Paul Motian: Sound of Love [1995.06; Winter & Winter 8]
  • Paul Motian: At the Village Vanguard [1996.05.28; JMT 124098]
  • Paul Motian: Flight of the Blue Jay [1998; Winter & Winter 9]
  • Paul Motian: Play Monk and Powell [1998; Winter & Winter 45]
  • Paul Motian: 2000 + One [1999; Winter & Winter 32]
  • Paul Motian: Europe [2000.07; Winter & Winter 63]
  • Paul Motian: Holiday for Strings [2002; Winter & Winter 69]

    Compilations:

  • Paul Motian: Rarum XVI: Selected Recordings [1972.11-1987.11; ECM 1801: 2004]

    Total records in list above: 29 (6 in house, 4 from other sources).

    Secondary Discography

  • Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions [1956.09; OJC 35]
  • George Russell: Jazz Workshop [1956.03-12; RCA Bluebird 6467: 1987] [A]
  • Eddie Costa: Guys and Dolls Like Vibes [1958.01; Verve 549366]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Everybody Digs Bill Evans [1958.12; Riverside OJC 68] [B+]
  • Lee Konitz: Live at the Half Note [1959; Verve 521659 (2CD)] [A-]
  • Zoot Sims/Al Cohn/Phil Woods: Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note [1959; Blue Note 94105]
  • Tony Scott: Sung Heroes [1959.10; Sunnyside 1015]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Portrait in Jazz [1959.12; OJC 88]
  • Mose Allison: I Love the Life I Live [1960.06.28-1960.09.09; Columbia 8267]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Explorations [1961.02; OJC 37]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard [1961.06; Riverside OJC 140] [A]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Waltz for Debby [1961.06; Riverside OJC 210] [A-]
  • Perry Robinson: Funk Dumpling [1962; Savoy 255] [A-]
  • Bill Evans Trio: Moonbeams [1962.05-06; OJC 434] [B+]
  • Bill Evans Trio: How My Heart Sings! [1962.05-06; OJC 369]
  • Paul Bley With Gary Peacock: Paul Bley With Gary Peacock [1963.04; ECM]
  • John Gamba: Mr. Counterpoint [Del Moral 103: 1963]
  • Paul Bley: Syndrome [1963.09.12; Savoy 1175]
  • Bill Evans: Trio '64 [1963.12; Verve 539058]
  • Paul Bley: Turns [1964.03.09; Savoy 1192]
  • Paul Bley/John Gilmore/Paul Motian/Gary Peacock: Turning Point [1964.03.09; Improvising Artists 373841: 1975]
  • Lennie Tristano Quartet: Continuity [1958.10-1964.06; Jazz Records 6]
  • Mose Allison: Wild Man on the Loose [1965.01.28; Atlantic 1456: 1966; Collectables 6349: 2002]
  • Keith Jarrett: Life Between the Exit Signs [1967.05; Vortex] -- in Collectables 6254
  • Keith Jarrett Trio: Somewhere Before [1968.08; Atlantic 81455]
  • Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra [1969; Impulse 188] [B]
  • Keith Jarrett: The Mourning of a Star [1971; Atlantic 75355]
  • Carla Bley: Escalator Over the Hill [1968.11-1971.06; JCOA/ECM 839310 (2CD)] [B]
  • Keith Jarrett: El Juicio [1971.07; Atlantic 80783] -- in Collectables 6254
  • Keith Jarrett With Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman: Birth [1971.07.15-16; Atlantic 1612; Wounded Bird 1612: 2001]
  • Keith Jarrett: Expectations [1971.09-10; Columbia/Legacy 46866] -- also reissued as Columbia/Legacy 65900 (2CD) [B+]
  • Don Cherry: Relativity Suite [1973; JCOA 6] [B+]
  • Keith Jarrett: Fort Yawuh [1973.02; Impulse 547966] [B+]
  • Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island [1974; Impulse]
  • Carla Bley: Tropic Appetites [1973.09-1974.02; Watt 1]
  • Keith Jarrett: Silence [1975; Impulse 11172]
  • Keith Jarrett: Mysteries [1975; Impulse 9315]
  • Keith Jarrett: Death and the Flower [1975.05; Impulse 139]
  • Charlie Haden: Closeness [1976; A&M 397000] [B+]
  • Keith Jarrett Quartet: The Survivor's Suite [1976.04; ECM 1085]
  • Keith Jarrett Quartet: Eyes of the Heart [1976.05; ECM]
  • Keith Jarrett: Byablue [Impulse 9331: 1977.11.01]
  • Keith Jarrett: Bop-Be [Impulse 9334: 1977.11.01]
  • Charlie Haden: Ballad of the Fallen [1982; ECM 1248: 1983] [A-]
  • Tim Berne: The Ancestors [1983.02; Soul Note 121061]
  • Tim Berne: Mutant Variations [1983.03; Soul Note 121091]
  • David Friesen: Amber Skies [1983.01-04; Palo Alto 8043: 1984; Quicksilver 4005: 1993]
  • Pierre Favre Ensemble: Singing Drums [1984; ECM 823639]
  • Bill Frisell: Rambler [1984.08; ECM]
  • Paul Bley: Fragments [1986.01; ECM]
  • Charlie Haden/Paul Motian feat. Geri Allen: Etudes [1987.09.14-15; Soul Note 121162]
  • Paul Bley Quartet: Paul Bley Quartet [1987.11; ECM]
  • Joe Lovano: Village Rhythm [1988.06; Soul Note 121182]
  • Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble: Worlds [1989; Evidence 22132]
  • Geri Allen With Charlie Haden & Paul Motian: In the Year of the Dragon [1989.03; JMT 834428: 1990; Winter & Winter 919027: 2003]
  • Geri Allen: Segments [1989.04; DIW 833]
  • Marilyn Crispell Trio: Live in Zurich [1989.04.12; Leo 122: 2000]
  • Charlie Haden: The Montreal Tapes: Volume 2 [1989.07; Verve 523295] [B+]
  • Charlie Haden: The Montreal Tapes: Volume 3 [1989.07; Verve 537483: 1998] [B+]
  • Charlie Haden: The Montreal Tapes: Volume 4 [1989.07; Verve 537670: 1998] [B+]
  • Charlie Haden: The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra [1989.07; Verve 527469: 1999] [A-]
  • Geri Allen: Live at the Village Vanguard [1990; DIW 847]
  • Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper [1990; Blue Note 95474: 1991] [A-]
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Discovery: Live at Montreux [1990.02; Blue Note 95478]
  • Tom Harrell: Form [1990.04; Contemporary 14059]
  • Tom Harrell: Visions [1987.04-1990.04; Contemporary 14063] [B]
  • Paul Bley/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Memoirs [1990.07; Soul Note 121240] [B+]
  • Masabumi Kikuchi: Tethered Moon [1991; Evidence 22071] [B+]
  • Tom Harrell: Passages [1991.10; Chesky 64] [B]
  • Keith Jarrett: At the Deer Head Inn [1992.09; ECM 1531] [B+]
  • Lee Konitz: Rhapsody [1993; Evidence 22117: 1995] [B]
  • Christian Muthspiel/Gary Peacock/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Paul Motian: Muthspiel-Peacock-Muthspiel-Motian [1993; Amadeo 519676] [B+]
  • Mose Allison: The Earth Wants You [1993.09.08-09; Blue Note 27640]
  • Tethered Moon (Masabumi Kikuchi/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian): Play Kurt Weill [1994.12; JMT 124059: 1995]
  • Alan Pasqua: Dedications [1995; Postcards 1012] [B]
  • Enrico Pieranunzi & Paul Motian: Flux & Change [1995; Soul Note 121242]
  • Marilyn Crispell: Nothing Ever Was, Anyway [1996; ECM 21626 (2CD)] [B]
  • Mose Allison: Gimcracks and Gewgaws [1997.05; Blue Note 23211] [B]
  • Henri Texier: Respect [1997.05; Label Bleu 6612] [A-]
  • Martial Solal/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Just Friends [1997.07; Dreyfus 36592: 1998]
  • Martial Solal Trio: Balade du 10 Mars [1998.03; Soul Note 121340]
  • Lee Konitz: Three Guys [1998.05; Enja 9351: 1999]
  • Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Not Two, Not One [1999.05.18; ECM]
  • Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Amaryllis [2000.02; ECM 1742: 2001]
  • Yuri Honing: Seven [2001; Challenge 75086]
  • David Friesen/Joe Henderson/Chick Corea: Voices [WestWind 2099: 2001.04.03]
  • Marilyn Crispell Trio: Storyteller [2003; ECM: 2004]
  • Enrico Pieranunzi: Fellini Jazz [CamJazz 7761: 2003]
  • Joe Lovano/Hank Jones: I'm All for You [Blue Note 91950: 2004]

    Compilations:

  • Mose Allison: High Jinks! [1959.12-1960.09; Columbia/Epic/Legacy 64275 (3CD)]
  • Mose Allison: The Sage of Tippo [1962-1968; 32 Jazz 32068 (2CD)] [B+]
  • Keith Jarrett: Life Between the Exit Signs / El Juicio [1967.05, 1971.07; Collectables 6254: 1999] [A-]
  • Keith Jarrett: The Impulse Years, 1973-1974 [1973-1974; Impulse 237 (5CD)] [B+]
  • Keith Jarrett: Foundations: The Keith Jarrett Anthology [1966-1975; Rhino 71593 (2CD)]
  • Keith Jarrett: Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976 [1975.12, 1976.10; Impulse 4149 (4CD)]
  • Tim Berne: Empire Box [1979-1982; Screwgun (5CD): 1998]
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel: Work in Progress 89-98 [1989-1998; Amadeo 558185] [B+]

    Total records in list above: 97 (42 in house, 2 from other sources).