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Bley, Paul

LC control no.n 82012139
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML417.B64 Biography
Personal name headingBley, Paul
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Variant(s)Bley, Hyman Paul
See alsoCorporate body: Paul Bley Quartet
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Corporate body: Paul Bley Trio
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Corporate body: Scorpio (Musical group)
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Associated countryCanada
Birth date1932-11-10
Death date2016-01-03
Place of birthMontréal (Québec)
Place of deathStuart (Fla.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationPianists Jazz musicians
Found inMr. Joy. [Phonodisc] 1968.
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Bley, Paul; b. Nov. 10, 1932, Montreal; Canadian pianist)
Information from 678 field, converted April 6, 2015 (Jazz pianist; b. 1932)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 6, 2016 (in obituary published Jan. 5: Paul Bley; b. Hyman Paul Bley, Nov. 10, 1932, Montreal; d. Sunday [Jan. 3, 2016], Stuart, Fla., aged 83; obdurate and original pianist who began his career playing bebop and eventually became a major force in experimental jazz)
Paul Bley & Scorpio, 200-?, ©1973: label (Paul Bley & Scorpio) container (Paul Bley now considers himself fully a part of a trio, Scorpio; Paul Bley, synthesizer, piano ; David Holland, acoustic bass, fuzz pedal ; Barry Altschul, percussion)
Associated languageeng