Inner City Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Paul Bley / NHØP

| Recorded | Jun 23 & Jul 1, 1973 |
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| Label | Inner City Records |
| Released | 1973 |
| Personnel | 2 credited players |
| Discogs | master 290748 |
The record
A duo summit of angular lyricism and telepathy, with NHØP's fleet, singing bass lines matching Bley's spacious, harmonically restless piano at every turn. Recorded in 1973 for Inner City, it captures two masters of understatement trusting silence as much as sound.
Session personnel
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
- Paul Bley — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1973 | SteepleChase · SCS-1005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1973 | SteepleChase · SCS-1005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1976 | Inner City Records |
| 1979 | SteepleChase · SCS-1005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo |
| 1979 | SteepleChase · SCS-1005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo |
| 1980 | SteepleChase · 15PJ-2006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1982 | SteepleChase · UPS-2158-S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1986 | SteepleChase · 32JD-76 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1990 | SteepleChase · SCCD 31005 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1993 | Videoarts Music · VAJE-9015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2017 | Think! Records · THCD-508 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | SteepleChase · RJ-6008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| — | SteepleChase · SCS-1005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
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