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Paul Motian
dr, 1931-2011 US, Philadelphia
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Stephen Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian descent.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
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Blue In Green (Take 3) on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Autumn Leaves on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Come Rain Or Come Shine (Take 5) on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans When I Fall In Love on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Someday My Prince Will Come on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Spring Is Here on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Peri's Scope on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans I Fall In Love Too Easily - Live on The Old Country by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian What Is This Thing Called Love on Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection] by Bill Evans Birdsong on Tati by Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani & Paul MotianTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Music | Paul Motian | 2016 | Compil. |
| Standards Plus One | Paul Motian With Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden | 2015 | Compil. |
| Hamburg '72 | Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden / Paul Motian | 2014 | Album |
| Live At The Village Vanguard | Enrico Pieranunzi With Marc Johnson, Paul Motian | 2013 | Album |
| Complete Recordings | The Bill Evans Trio With Chuck Israels & Paul Motian | 2013 | Compil. |
| Paul Motian | Paul Motian | 2013 | Album |
| Further Explorations | Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian | 2012 | Album |
| On Broadway Vol. 1,2,3,4,5 | Paul Motian | 2012 | Compil. |
| Live At Birdland | Lee Konitz / Brad Mehldau / Charlie Haden / Paul Motian | 2011 | Album |
| The Windmills Of Your Mind | Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Petra Haden | 2011 | Album |
| The Windmills Of Your Mind | Paul Motian | 2011 | Album |
| Owls Talk | Alexandra Grimal / Lee Konitz / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian | 2010 | Album |
| Lost In A Dream | Paul Motian, Chris Potter, Jason Moran | 2010 | Album |
| The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Paul Motian | 2010 | Album |
| Dear Someone | Anders Christensen Trio Featuring Aaron Parks, Paul Motian | 2009 | Album |
| Dino | Jakob Dinesen, Anders Christensen, Paul Motian, Mads Hyhne, Kasper Tranberg | 2008 | Album |
| Live In Hamburg 1972 | Keith Jarrett Trio With Charlie Haden & Paul Motian | 2008 | Album |
| Live At The Half Note | Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Garrison | 2008 | Compil. |
| Time And Time Again | Paul Motian | 2007 | Album |
| Voices - New York Trio Recordings Vol. 2 | Marc Copland with Gary Peacock & Paul Motian | 2007 | Album |
| Two Miles A Day | Jacob Sacks / Eivind Opsvik / Mat Maneri / Paul Motian | 2007 | Album |
| Your Songs - The Music Of Elton John | Pietro Tonolo, Gil Goldstein, Steve Swallow, Paul Motian | 2007 | Album |
| Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian | Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian | 2006 | Album |
| Goodbye | Bobo Stenson / Anders Jormin / Paul Motian | 2005 | Album |
| I Have The Room Above Her | Paul Motian | 2005 | Album |
| Selected Recordings | Paul Motian | 2004 | Compil. |
| Doorways | Enrico Pieranunzi, Paul Motian | 2004 | Album |
| As It Grows | Russ Lossing, Ed Schuller, Paul Motian | 2004 | Album |
| Fellini Jazz | Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter, Enrico Pieranunzi, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian | 2003 | Album |
| Holiday For Strings | Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | 2002 | Album |
| Europe | Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | 2001 | Album |
| Intérieur Nuit | Stephan Oliva / Bruno Chevillon / Paul Motian | 2001 | Album |
| Amaryllis | Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian | 2001 | Album |
| Fantasm - The Music Of Paul Motian | Stephan Oliva, Bruno Chevillon, Paul Motian | 2000 | Album |
| Not Two, Not One | Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian | 1999 | Album |
| Monk & Powell | Paul Motian | 1999 | Album |
| Three Guys | Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Paul Motian | 1999 | Album |
| The Montréal Tapes | Charlie Haden, Geri Allen, Paul Motian | 1998 | Album |
| The Montréal Tapes | Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Gonzalo Rubalcaba | 1998 | Album |
| Flight Of The Blue Jay | Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | 1997 | Album |
| Paul Motian (New York) | Paul Motian | 1997 | Compil. |
| Takiya ! Tokaya ! | Jean-Marc Padovani & Jean-Marie Machado, Paul Motian, J.-F. Jenny-Clark | 1997 | Album |
| Nothing Ever Was, Anyway. Music Of Annette Peacock | Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian | 1997 | Album |
| Flux And Change | Enrico Pieranunzi / Paul Motian | 1995 | Album |
| Play Kurt Weill | Tethered Moon - Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian | 1995 | Album |
| The Montreal Tapes | Charlie Haden With Paul Bley And Paul Motian | 1994 | Album |
| Reincarnation Of A Love Bird | Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | 1994 | Album |
| At The Deer Head Inn | Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian | 1994 | Album |
| Untold Story | Enrico Pieranunzi - Marc Johnson - Paul Motian | 1994 | Album |
| Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band | 1993 | Album |
| Muthspiel • Peacock • Muthspiel • Motian | Christian Muthspiel • Gary Peacock • Wolfgang Muthspiel • Paul Motian | 1993 | Album |
| Memoirs | Paul Bley, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian | 1992 | Album |
| Paul Motian On Broadway, Vol. III | Paul Motian | 1992 | Album |
| Live At The Village Vanguard | Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian | 1991 | Album |
| Motian In Tokyo | Bill Frisell And Joe Lovano With Paul Motian | 1991 | Album |
| Bill Evans | Paul Motian | 1990 | Album |
| Paul Motian On Broadway - Vol.2 | Paul Motian | 1990 | Album |
| In The Year Of The Dragon | Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian | 1989 | Album |
| Segments | Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian | 1989 | Album |
| Paul Motian On Broadway - Vol. 1 | Paul Motian | 1989 | Album |
| Circle The Line | Paul Motian / Ed Schuller / Arto Tuncboyaciyan / Simon Nabatov | 1988 | Album |
| Notes | Paul Bley / Paul Motian | 1988 | Album |
| Monk In Motian | Paul Motian | 1988 | Album |
| The Paul Bley Quartet | Paul Bley Quartet w/ John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian | 1988 | Album |
| Etudes | Charlie Haden / Paul Motian Feat. Geri Allen | 1988 | Album |
| Sung Heroes | Tony Scott Featuring: Bill Evans / Scott LaFaro / Paul Motian | 1986 | Album |
| The Story Of Maryam | Paul Motian | 1984 | Album |
| The Ballad Of The Fallen | Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Sharon Freeman, Mick Goodrick, Jack Jeffers, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Jim Pepper, Dewey Redman, Steve Slagle, Gary Valente | 1983 | Album |
| Unexpected | Kenny Davern, Steve Lacy, Steve Swallow, Paul Motian | 1978 | Album |
| Tribute | Paul Motian | 1975 | Album |
| Turning Point | Paul Bley / John Gilmore / Paul Motian / Gary Peacock | 1975 | Album |
| Conception Vessel | Paul Motian | 1973 | Album |
| Waltz For Debby | The Bill Evans Trio With Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian | 1961 | Album |
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