Paul Plimley

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Paul Plimley

Paul Horace Plimley (born March 16, 1953 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian pianist , vibraphonist and composer of free jazz and new improvisation music . He is one of the protagonists of free jazz in Canada in the late 1970s.

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Paul Plimley is one of the veterans of the Canadian free jazz and avant-garde jazz scene. From 1971 to 1973 he studied classical piano with Kum-Sing Lee at the University of British Columbia . 1978/1979 he studied with Karl Berger and Cecil Taylor at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock , NY.

In 1977 he founded the New Orchestra Workshop with Paul Cram, Ralph Eppel , Lisle Ellis and Gregg Simpson and played with several formations around this ensemble, such as the NOW Orchestra . For a long time he worked with the bassist Lisle Ellis, such as on the duo album Both Sides of the Same Mirror (Nine Winds, 1989). He also recorded two albums for Hat Art ; in "Kaleidoscopes" (1992) he interpreted the work of Ornette Coleman . The album (recorded under the nominal direction of Joe McPhee ) entitled Sweet Freedom, Now What? (1994) is a remake of Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite . He has also worked on recordings of George Lewis , Barry Guy , Wadada Leo Smith , Glenn Spearman , Cecil Taylor and the formation What We Live with. With Barry Guy and Lucas Niggli he has played in the Witches Trio since a debut at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2010 .

Plimley is one of the rare interpreters of Ornette Coleman's music on the piano, an instrument that is otherwise antithetical to Coleman's music. His piano playing is influenced by Cecil Taylor and Don Pullen after Richard Cook and Brian Morton .

Discographic notes

As a leader

With "New Orchestra Workshop"

  • 1990 - The Future is NOW (Nine Winds)
  • 1991 - NOW You Hear It (Nine Winds)

With "What We Live"

  • 1994 - What We Live ( Black Saint )
  • 1994 - What We Live Fo (u) r (Black Saint)
  • 1996 - Neverwas (Black Saint)
  • 1998 - Trumpets (Black Saint)

As a sideman

  • 1988 - Cecil Taylor: Legba Crossing ( FMP )
  • 1994 - Barry Guy: Study - Witch Gong Game 11/10 (Maja)
  • 1997 - George Lewis: Endless Shout ( Tzadik )
  • 1998 - Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles!

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SURNAME Plimley, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plimley, Paul Horace (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver