Soul Noteの数ある作品の中で、最も世界観のあるピアノ・トリオの一枚として、評価と人気が高い作品。32年生まれのポール・ブレイ、37年生まれのチャーリー・ヘイデン、31年生まれのポール・モチアンと、3人はほぼ同世代のアーティスト。静謐さをたたえた深みのあるサウンドと、自由なスピリッツ、瞬間のインスピレーションによって描かれるサウンドは、時にアブストラクトな抽象画のようでもありつつ、魂の深さがこもった美しさをたたえ、唯一無二のものがあります。3人それぞれの個性が色濃いオリジナルに、セロニアス・モンクと、オーネット・コールマンの楽曲を1曲ずつ加えている構成も魅力的です。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2016/12/01)
Down Beat - 4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...serves as a tidy summation of Bley's gifts as an individual and musical conversationalist. It helps that he converses with old friends [Haden & Motian]...truly a three-pronged affair..."
Rovi
Memoirs serves as a tidy summation of Paul Bley's gifts as an individual and musical conversationalist. It helps that he converses with old friends. Paul Motian is, roughly, to the drums what Bley is to the piano, capable of sculpting icy, paradoxical emotions; on moment's notice, they can venture "out" where tonal centers and rhythmic pulses are not invited. And there, always, is the fundamental Charlie Haden, who demonstrates how a few well-placed notes and well-observed silences can lock a group texture into place. ~ Josef Woodard, Downbeat|
Rovi
Memoirs serves as a tidy summation of Paul Bley's gifts as an individual and musical conversationalist. It helps that he converses with old friends. Paul Motian is, roughly, to the drums what Bley is to the piano, capable of sculpting icy, paradoxical emotions; on moment's notice, they can venture "out" where tonal centers and rhythmic pulses are not invited. And there, always, is the fundamental Charlie Haden, who demonstrates how a few well-placed notes and well-observed silences can lock a group texture into place. ~ Josef Woodard, Downbeat
Rovi