Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III
Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III
Live album by Paul Motian
Released	8 October 2010
Recorded	December 8–10, 2006
Genre	Jazz
Length	58: 43
Label	Winter & Winter
Producer	Stefan Winter
Paul Motian chronology

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III is a live album by Paul Motian's Trio 2000 + Two, recorded at the Village Vanguard and released by Winter & Winter Records in 2010.^[1] It is the final volume of the series, and features tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, double bassist Larry Grenadier, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and violist Mat Maneri (in place of a second saxophonist).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[2]
All About Jazz	^[3]
Financial Times	^[4]

In a review for All About Jazz, Charles Walker commented: "Volume III finds the band refining its sound, boiling down its book of highly original music from the unfettered antics of past interactions into a more centered whole."^[3]

Mike Hobart of the Financial Times wrote that Potter and Maneri "combine warmly on saxophone and cello to bring out the full lyricism of Motian's unhurried themes, and then edge inexorably towards darker-centred improvisation. Motian knowingly orchestrates with subtle adjustments of tension and tempo, his rhythmic swirls, swishy cymbals and spacious beats compelling accompaniment."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Motian (Yazgol Music, BMI) except as indicated

"And So To Sleep Again" - 8:46 (Joe Marsala/Sunny Skylar)
"Ten" - 11:10
"The Third Walk" - 9:46
"The Hoax" - 8:23
"Gang of 5" - 11:43
"Standard Time" - 8:50

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City on December 8–10, 2006

Personnel

References

^ "Winter & Winter GMBH".
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Walker, Charles (March 24, 2011). "Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Live At The Village Vanguard, Volume lll". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Hobart, Mike. "Paul Motian Trio 2000 + 2: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol III". Financial Times. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[1] "Winter & Winter GMBH".

[Hull-2] Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[aaj-3] Walker, Charles (March 24, 2011). "Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Live At The Village Vanguard, Volume lll". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[ft-4] Hobart, Mike. "Paul Motian Trio 2000 + 2: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol III". Financial Times. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

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v t e Paul Motian
Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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