# Paul Motian discography

This is the discography of American jazz musician Paul Motian.

## As leader

* Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972 [1973])
* Tribute (ECM, 1974)
* Dance (ECM, 1977 [1978])
* Le voyage (ECM, 1979)
* Psalm (ECM, 1981 [1982])
* The Story of Maryam (Soul Note, 1983 [1984])
* Jack of Clubs (Soul Note, 1984 [1985])
* It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1984 [1985])
* Misterioso (Soul Note, 1986 [1987])
* One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987 [1989])
* Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988 [1989])
* On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1988 [1989])
* On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1989)
* Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)
* Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
* On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1991 [1993])
* Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (JMT, 1992 [1993])
* Trioism (JMT, 1993 [1994])
* Reincarnation of a Love Bird (JMT, 1994)
* At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
* Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1995 [1997])
* Flight of the Blue Jay (Winter & Winter, 1996 [1997])
* Trio 2000 + One (Winter & Winter, 1997 [1998])
* Play Monk and Powell (Winter & Winter, 1998 [1999])
* Europe (Winter & Winter, 2000 [2001])
* Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2001 [2002])
* I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004 [2005])
* Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004 [2007])
* On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (Winter & Winter, 2005)
* Time and Time Again (ECM, 2006)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2007])
* Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2008])
* Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (Winter & Winter, 2006 [2010])
* On Broadway Volume 5 (Winter & Winter, 2009)
* Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010)
* The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter, 2011)
Compilations
* Selected Recordings (ECM, 2004)
Box Sets
* Paul Motian - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note (Compr. the six albums for Soul Note, CAM Jazz, 2010)
* Paul Motian on Broadway Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Rec. 1988–2008, Winter & Winter, 2012)
* Old & New Masters Edition: Paul Motian (Six albums rec. 1972–1984, ECM, 2013)
With Tethered Moon (Trio with Masabumi Kikuchi and Gary Peacock)
* First Meeting (Winter & Winter, 1990–91, [1997])
* Tethered Moon (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 [1992]; Evidence, 1993)
* Triangle (King/Paddle Wheel, 1991 [1992])
* Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (JMT, 1994 [1995]; reissued on Winter & Winter, 2005)
* Plays Jimi Hendrix+ (Polydor/Media Rings, 1997 [1998])
* Chansons d’Édith Piaf (Winter & Winter, 1999 [1999])
* Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter, 2002 [2004])

## As sideman

With Michael Adkins
* Rotator (Hathut Records|HatHut), 2008) with Russ Lossing and John Hébert
* Flaneur (Hathut Records|HatHut], recorded 2008, released 2018) with Russ Lossing and Larry Grenadier
With Geri Allen and Charlie Haden
* Etudes (Soul Note, 1987); Haden and Motian credited ahead of Allen
* In the Year of the Dragon (JMT, 1989)
* Segments (DIW, 1989)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997]); issued under Haden's name
* Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 1991)
With Mose Allison
* I Love the Life I Live (Columbia, 1960)
* Wild Man on the Loose (Atlantic, 1965)
* The Earth Wants You (Blue Note, 1993)
* Gimcracks and Gewgaws (Blue Note, 1997)
With Derek Bailey
* Duo in Concert (Frozen Reeds, 2023)
With Tim Berne
* Songs and Rituals in Real Time (Empire, 1982; reissue by Screwgun, 1998) with Mack Goldsbury and Ed Schuller
* The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1982) with Ray Anderson, Mack Goldsbury, C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller
* Mutant Variations (Soul Note, 1984) with C. Herb Robertson and Ed Schuller
With Samuel Blaser
* Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue, 2011) with Russ Lossing and Thomas Morgan
* Live at Cornelia Street Café (Blaser Music, 2021) with Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik
With Carla Bley
* Escalator Over The Hill (JCOA, 1971)
With Paul Bley
* Turns (Savoy, 1964) with John Gilmore and Gary Peacock (also in part on Improvising Artists’ Turning Point, 1975)
* Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970)
* Fragments (ECM, 1986) with Bill Frisell and John Surman
* Notes (Soul Note, 1987)
* The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987) with Bill Frisell and John Surman
* Memoirs (Soul Note, 1990) with Charlie Haden
* Zen Palace (Transheart, 1993) with Steve Swallow
* Not Two, Not One (ECM, 1998) with Gary Peacock
With Salvatore Bonafede
* Plays (Ken Music, 1991) with Marc Johnson
* For the Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2006) with Joe Lovano, Michele Rabbia, Mark Dresser and Adam Rogers
With Jakob Bro
* Balladeering (Loveland, 2009) with Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz and Ben Street
With Bob Brookmeyer
* Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
With Guillaume de Chassy and Daniel Yvinec
* Songs from the Last Century (Bee Jazz, 2009) with Marc Murphy
With Anders Christensen
* Dear Someone (Stunt, 2010) with Aaron Parks
With Marc Copland
* New York Trio Recordings Vol.2: Voices (Pirouet, 2007) with Gary Peacock
With Chick Corea and Eddie Gómez
* Further Explorations (Universal Japan, 2011; international release by Concord Jazz, 2012)
With Eddie Costa
* Eddie Costa Quintet (Interlude, 1957)
* Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral/Verve, 1958) with Bill Evans, Wendell Marshall
* The House of Blue Lights (Dot, 1959) with Wendell Marshall
With Marilyn Crispell
* Live in Zurich (Leo, 1990)
* Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)
* Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)
* Storyteller (ECM, 2003)
With Furio Di Castri
* Unknown Voyage (A Tempo, 1988) with Joe Lovano
With Jakob Dinesen
* Around (Stunt, 2001) with Kurt Rosenwinkel
* Dino (Stunt, 2009) with Anders Christensen
With Bill Evans
* New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside, 1957)
* Portrait in Jazz (Riverside, 1959)
* Explorations (Riverside, 1961)
* Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961)
* Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1962)
* How My Heart Sings! (Riverside, 1962)
* Moon Beams (Riverside, 1962)
* Nirvana with Herbie Mann (Atlantic, 1962)
* Trio 64 (Verve, 1963)
With Pierre Favre
* Singing Drums (ECM, 1984)
With Anat Fort
* A Long Story (ECM, 2004 [2007])
With Bill Frisell
* Rambler (ECM, 1985)
* Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
* Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (Nonesuch, 2006) - Download exclusive
With Larry Goldings
* Awareness (Warner Bros, 1997) with Larry Grenadier
With Alexandra Grimal
* Owls Talk (Aparte/Harmonia Mundi, 2012) with Lee Konitz and Gary Peacock
With Charlie Haden
* Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969)
* Closeness (Horizon/Verve, 1976)
* The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1982)
* The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 [2000])
* The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1997])
* The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve, 1989 [1994])
* The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Verve, 1989 [1997])
* Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1989)
With Yuri Honing
* Seven (Jazz in Motion, 2001) with Paul Bley and Gary Peacock
With Keith Jarrett
* Life Between the Exit Signs (Vortex, 1967)
* Somewhere Before (Atlantic, 1968)
* The Mourning of a Star (Atlantic, 1971)
* El Juicio (The Judgement) (Atlantic, 1971)
* Birth (Atlantic, 1971)
* Expectations (Columbia, 1972)
* Hamburg '72 (ECM, 1972 [2014])
* Fort Yawuh (Impulse!, 1973)
* Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974)
* Back Hand (Impulse!, 1974)
* Death and the Flower (Impulse!, 1974)
* Mysteries (Impulse!, 1975)
* Shades (Impulse!, 1975)
* Bop-Be (Impulse!, 1976)
* The Survivors' Suite (ECM, 1976)
* Byablue (Impulse!, 1977)
* Eyes of the Heart (ECM, 1979)
* At the Deer Head Inn (ECM, 1992) with Gary Peacock
With Masabumi Kikuchi (see also Tethered Moon)
* Sunrise (ECM, 2012) with Thomas Morgan
With Frank Kimbrough
* Play (Palmetto, 2006) with Masa Kamaguchi
With Lee Konitz (and Warne Marsh)
* Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1959 [1994]); Warne Marsh's solos from these recordings were issued as The Art of Improvising (Revelation, 1959 [1974})
With Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden
* Live at Birdland (ECM, 2009)
With Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow
* Three Guys (Enja, 1999)
With Rudy Linka
* Songs with Larry Grenadier
With Russ Lossing
* Dreamer (Double Time, 2000)
* As It Grows (HatHut, 2004)
With Joe Lovano
* Village Rhythm (Soul Note, 1988) with Kenny Werner, Tom Harrell and Marc Johnson
* Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989; reissued by Evidence Music, 1995) with Bill Frisell, Tim Hagens, Gary Valente, Judi Silvano, Henri Texier
* I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
* Joyous Encounter (Blue Note, 2005) with Hank Jones and George Mraz
With Warne Marsh
* Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1958)
With Bill McHenry
* Bill McHenry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2002)
* Roses (Sunny Side, 2007)
* Ghosts of the Sun (Sunny Side, 2011)
With Helen Merrill
* You and the Night and the Music (Verve, 1998)
With Sam Most
* Most Plays Monk Bird & Miles (Bethlehem (US), Parlophone (UK), 1958)
With Simon Nabatov
* Circle the Line (GM, 1986) and Ed Schuller, Arto Tuncboyaci
With Stéphan Oliva and Bruno Chevillon
* Fantasm - The Music of Paul Motian (BMG France/RCA Victor, 2000)
* Intérieur nuit (Night Bird, 2002)
With John Patitucci
* One More Angel (Concord, 1997)
With Enrico Pieranunzi
* Untold Story (IDA, 1993; reissue EGEA, 2006) with Marc Johnson
* Flux and Change (Soul Note, 1995)
* The Night Gone By (Alfa Jazz, 1996) with Marc Johnson
* Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz, 2003) with Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden
* Doorways (CAM Jazz, 2004) with Chris Potter
* Special Encounter (CAM Jazz, 2005) with Charlie Haden
* New York Reflections: Live at Birdland (CAM Jazz, 2012) with Steve Swallow
* Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz, 2013) with Marc Johnson
With Augusto Pirodda
* No Comment (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) with Gary Peacock
With Enrico Rava
* Tati (ECM, 2004)
* New York Days (ECM, 2008)
With Gonzalo Rubalcaba
* Discovery: Live at Montreux (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1991) with Charlie Haden
With Roswell Rudd
* Blown Bone (Philips, 1979)
With Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik
* Two Miles a Day (Yeah Yeah, 2005) with Mat Maneri
With Saheb Sarbib
* Seasons (Soul Note, 1982) with Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison
With Zoot Sims
* Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (United Artists, 1959) with Al Cohn and Phil Woods
With Martial Solal
* At Newport '63 (RCA Victor, 1963)
* Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997) with Gary Peacock
* Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note, 1999) with Marc Johnson
With Martin Speake
* Change of Heart (ECM, 2002) with Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton
With Bobo Stenson
* Goodbye (ECM, 2005) with Anders Jormin
With Henri Texier
* Respect (Label Bleu, 1997) with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz and Steve Swallow
With Pietro Tonolo
* Portrait of Duke (Label Bleu, 2000) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow
* Your Songs: The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Gil Goldstein and Steve Swallow
With Eric Watson and Ed Schuller
* Conspiracy (Decca Records France, 1982)