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Hands On (album)

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Hands On
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedMarch 2, 1993
Sound on Sound Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length53:42
LabelTransheart TDCN-5084
ProducerKenny Inaoka
Paul Bley chronology
Zen Palace
(1993)
Hands On
(1993)
If We May
(1993)

Hands On is a solo piano album by Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese Transheart label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hands On reveals Paul Bley as an archetype -- an improvising jazz pianist who serves the larger model of an artist who meditates upon his work actively, restlessly, and relentlessly, seeking its core, until that work exhausts itself and gives way to become, finally, a work of art, original and unrepeatable".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Paul Bley

  1. "Remembering" - 8:46
  2. "Points" - 5:33
  3. "Ram Dance" - 8:50
  4. "Three Fifth" - 12:35
  5. "Hands On" - 6:48
  6. "If" - 4:48
  7. "Cowhand" - 4:58

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Discogs album entry, accessed June 28, 2014
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.