Time Will Tell (1995, ECM)

Personnel:

Paul Bley (p)

Evan Parker (ts,ss)

Barre Phillips (b)

Superb.

Time Will Tell marks the first occasion that Evan Parker, Paul Bley and Barre Philips have worked togethet as a trio-or, more specifically, the first time Bley has played with Parker (Barre has a good deal of history with both men).

The material is divided into seven trios, two duets pairing Bley with Phillips or Parker, and two excellentt parker/phillips encounters.

The original intention was to create a setting very similar to the then recently reconvened Guiffre/Bley/Swallow trio -but the strong personalities of the three players very quickly asserted themselves.

The other consideration was simple curiosity.How would Parker sound with Bley?