Flight of the Blue Jay

Flight of the Blue Jay
Flight of the Blue Jay
Studio album by Paul Motian
Released	9 May 1997
Recorded	August 20 & 21, 1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:01
Label	Winter & Winter
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Paul Motian chronology

Flight of the Blue Jay is an album by Paul Motian, released on the German Winter & Winter label in 1997 and containing performances of bebop jazz standards by Motian with the Electric Bebop Band.^[1] The album is the group's third release following the 1992 album Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band and the 1995 album Reincarnation of a Love Bird. The band features saxophonists Chris Potter and Chris Cheek, guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel and Brad Shepik, and bass guitarist Steve Swallow.

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "overall, this date falls short of being memorable".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"Flight of the Blue Jay" (Paul Motian) - 3:05
"Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:31
"Brad's Bag" (Kurt Rosenwinkel) - 5:48
"Celia" (Bud Powell) - 5:04
"The Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:49
"Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 4:27
"Light Blue" (Monk) - 3:02
"Conception" (George Shearing) - 5:28
"East Coast" (Rosenwinkel) - 5:33
"Barbados" (Charlie Parker) - 3:07
"Work" (Monk) - 6:07

- Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City on August 20 & 21, 1996

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Winter & Winter catalogue accessed August 8, 2011
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 8, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1050
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[1] Winter & Winter catalogue accessed August 8, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 8, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1050

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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v t e Paul Motian
Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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