Hands On (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Hands On
| type = Album
| artist = Paul Bley
| cover = Hands On (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded = March 2, 1993
Sound on Sound Studio, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 53:42
| label = Transheart TDCN-5084
| producer = Kenny Inaoka
| chronology = Paul Bley
| prev_title = Zen Palace
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = If We May
| next_year = 1993
}}
Hands On is a solo piano album by Paul Bley recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese Transheart label.[http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Bley-Hands-On/release/2415915 Discogs album entry], accessed June 28, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 142}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hands On reveals Paul Bley as an archetype -- an improvising jazz pianist who serves the larger model of an artist who meditates upon his work actively, restlessly, and relentlessly, seeking its core, until that work exhausts itself and gives way to become, finally, a work of art, original and unrepeatable".Jurek, T., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hands-on-mw0000020977 Allmusic Review] accessed June 28, 2014
Track listing
All compositions by Paul Bley
- "Remembering" - 8:46
- "Points" - 5:33
- "Ram Dance" - 8:50
- "Three Fifth" - 12:35
- "Hands On" - 6:48
- "If" - 4:48
- "Cowhand" - 4:58
Personnel
References
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