Paul Motian discography

This is the discography of American jazz musician Paul Motian.

As leader

Compilations

• Selected Recordings (ECM, 2004)

Box Sets

• Paul Motian - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note (Compr. the six albums for Soul Note, CAM Jazz, 2010)
• Paul Motian on Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Rec. 1988–2008, Winter & Winter, 2012)
• Old & New Masters Edition: Paul Motian (Six albums rec. 1972–1984, ECM, 2013)

With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock)

• First Meeting (Winter & Winter, 1990–91, [1997])
• Tethered Moon (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 [1992]; Evidence, 1993)
• Triangle (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 [1992])
• Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (JMT, 1994 [1995]; reissued on Winter & Winter, 2005)
• Plays Jimi Hendrix+ (Polydor/Media Rings, 1997 [1998])
• Chansons d’Édith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999 [1999])
• Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2002 [2004])

As sideman

With Michael Adkins

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

With Geri Allen and Charlie Haden

• Etudes (Soul Note, 1987); Haden and Motian credited ahead of Allen
• In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989)
• Segments (DIW, 1989)
• The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997]); issued under Haden's name
• Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991)

With Mose Allison

• I Love the Life I Live (Columbia, 1960)
• Wild Man on the Loose (Atlantic, 1965)
• The Earth Wants You (Blue Note, 1993)
• Gimcracks and Gewgaws (Blue Note, 1997)

With Derek Bailey

• Duo in Concert (Frozen Reeds, 2023)

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
• Live at Cornelia Street Café (Blaser Music, 2021) with Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik

With Carla Bley

• Escalator Over The Hill (JCOA, 1971)

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 Bob Brookmeyer

• Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)

With Guillaume de Chassy and 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 Gómez

• Further Explorations (Universal 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

• Live in Zurich (Leo, 1990)
• Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)
• Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)
• Storyteller (ECM, 2003)

With Furio Di Castri

• Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988) with Joe Lovano

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, 1962)
• 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 [2007])

With Bill Frisell

• Rambler (ECM, 1985)
• Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
• Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch, 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)
• The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982)
• The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 [2000])
• 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

With Masabumi Kikuchi (see also Tethered Moon)

• Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan

With Frank Kimbrough

• Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi

With Lee Konitz (and Warne Marsh)

• Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1959 [1994]); Warne Marsh's solos from these recordings were issued as The Art of Improvising (Revelation, 1959 [1974})

With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden

• Live at Birdland (ECM, 2009)

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
• Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989; reissued by Evidence Music, 1995) with Bill Frisell, Tim Hagens, Gary Valente, Judi Silvano, Henri Texier
• I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
• Joyous Encounter (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz

With Warne Marsh

• Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1958)

With Bill McHenry

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

With Helen Merrill

• You and the Night and the Music (Verve, 1998)

With Sam Most

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

With Simon Nabatov

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

With Stéphan Oliva and Bruno Chevillon

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

With John Patitucci

• One More Angel (Concord, 1997)

With Enrico Pieranunzi

• Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson
• Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995)
• The Night Gone By (Alfa Jazz, 1996) with Marc Johnson
• 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

With Augusto Pirodda

• No Comment (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) with Gary Peacock

With Enrico Rava

• Tati (ECM, 2004)
• New York Days (ECM, 2008)

With Gonzalo Rubalcaba

• Discovery: Live at Montreux (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1991) with Charlie Haden

With Roswell Rudd

• Blown Bone (Philips, 1979)

With Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik

• Two Miles a Day (Yeah Yeah, 2005) with Mat Maneri

With Saheb Sarbib

• Seasons (Soul Note, 1982) with Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison

With Zoot Sims

• Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (United Artists, 1959) with Al Cohn and Phil Woods

With Martial Solal

• At Newport '63 (RCA Victor, 1963)
• Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997) with Gary Peacock
• Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note, 1999) with Marc Johnson

With Martin Speake

• Change of Heart (ECM, 2002) with Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton

With Bobo Stenson

• Goodbye (ECM, 2005) with Anders Jormin

With Henri Texier

• Respect (Label Bleu, 1997) with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow

With Pietro Tonolo

• Portrait of Duke (Label Bleu, 2000) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow
• Your Songs: The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow^[1][2]

With Eric Watson and Ed Schuller

• Conspiracy (Decca Records France, 1982)

References