Paul Bley with Masahiko Togashi – Echo (1999)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:55 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,5 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,46 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 0,99 GB
Certainly, Paul Bley is no stranger to jazz fans, but he is more closely associated with the avant garde than with the mainstream, and this title is among his more abstract dates. Many fans of Bley maintain that he is best heard solo, and this 1999 recording comes pretty close – Bley’s free improvisations are accompanied sparingly by the intelligent percussion of Togashi.
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