Paul Bley: Annette – review

(Hatology)This is one of a pair of 1992 Paul Bley albums dedicated to the pianist's former wives and biggest compositional influences, Carla Bley and Annette Peacock. The Carla set, for solo piano, is the more explicitly jazz-rooted, while the Peacock set reflects her unique worldview. She embraced Zen Buddhism, 60s psychedelia, collaborated with artists from Albert Ayler to Salvador Dalí to David Bowie, and, in the 1970s, pioneered new synth/vocal techniques for the fledgling Moog. Bley's unpl...

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