This is the discography of American jazz musician Paul Motian.
As leader
- Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972 [1973])
- Tribute (ECM, 1974)
- Dance (ECM, 1977 [1978])
- Le voyage (ECM, 1979)
- Psalm (ECM, 1981 [1982])
- The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1983 [1984])
- Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1984 [1985])
- It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1984 [1985])
- Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986 [1987])
- One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987 [1989])
- Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988 [1989])
- On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1988 [1989])
- On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1989)
- Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)
- Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
- On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1991 [1993])
- Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (JMT, 1992 [1993])
- Trioism (JMT, 1993 [1994])
- Reincarnation of a Love Bird (JMT, 1994)
- At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
- Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 [1997])
- Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1996 [1997])
- Trio 2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 [1998])
- 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 - 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
- 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)
- Hamburg '72 (ECM, 1972 [2014])
- Fort Yawuh (Impulse!, 1973)
- Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974)
- Back Hand (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 (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
- ↑ "Paul Motian - Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ "Paul Motian Albums and Discography". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.