Paul Motian - Misterioso - (1983)

1.Misterioso
2.Abacus
3.Once Around the Park
4.Gang of Five
5.Pannonica
6.Folk Song for Rosie
7.Byablue
8.Dance
9.Johnny Broken Wing.

Bill Frisell - electric guitar
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
Paul Motian - drums
Jim Pepper - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Ed Schuller - bass.

Although often overlooked, drummer Paul Motian led one of the most inventive jazz bands of the mid-1980s. His quintet, which featured the tenors of Joe Lovano and Jim Pepper, guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Ed Schuller, could play anything from swinging advanced hard bop and Ornette Coleman-type free bop to spacier improvising. An underrated composer, Motian contributed seven of the nine numbers for this date; the quintet also performs Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso" and "Pannonica." Frisell is featured on "Byablue" (which had earlier been recorded by Keith Jarrett); the two tenors (Pepper doubled on soprano) work together quite well, and the band definitely had its own sound. Of its three recordings, this is a strong one to start with. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide.