Solo in Mondsee

Solo in Mondsee
Live album by Paul Bley
Released	2007
Recorded	June 25, 2001
Venue	Schloss Mondsee Mondsee, Austria
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:38
Label	ECM ECM 1786
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Paul Bley chronology
Basics (2001) Solo in Mondsee (2007) Nothing to Declare (2004)

Solo in Mondsee is a live solo album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley, recorded at the Mondsee Abbey, Austria on June 25, 2001 and released on ECM in 2007.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "For anyone who has ever wondered about Bley and his amazing 60-year career in jazz, or for anyone interested in either the piano or improvisation, this recording, like its predecessor, will mystify, delight, and satisfy in ways that cannot really be imagined until Solo in Mondsee is actually encountered."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley

1. "Mondsee Variations I" - 6:39
2. "Mondsee Variations II" - 5:06
3. "Mondsee Variations III" - 2:06
4. "Mondsee Variations IV" - 8:44
5. "Mondsee Variations V" - 3:44
6. "Mondsee Variations VI" - 8:12
7. "Mondsee Variations VII" - 7:40
8. "Mondsee Variations VIII" - 4:38
9. "Mondsee Variations IX" - 3:12
10. "Mondsee Variations X" - 5:37

Personnel

• Paul Bley – piano

References

1. ECM discography accessed October 27, 2011
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 27, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.