{"product_id":"nothing-to-declare-1","title":"Nothing to Declare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArguably, pianist and composer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/paul-bley-p6132\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/paul-bley-p6132\"\u003ePaul Bley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is at his best on his solo outings. It's not that his ensemble music is lacking in any way; it may even be more sophisticated. But in his solo settings, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\"\u003eBley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e truly allows the listener in on his sound world, his manner of lyric thinking, his conflicts, his ideas of silence and its place, and his dialogues with the music and their outcome. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/nothing-to-declare-r686774\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/nothing-to-declare-r686774\"\u003eNothing to Declare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is his fifth solo outing for Justin Time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are four pieces, the shortest of which is over eight minutes long. In these long solos, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\"\u003eBley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e doesn't just stretch out; he rambles across ideas in song and in musical history; he approaches concepts and techniques with the same weight he does his innate pointillistic lyricism. His engagement of the blues is everywhere present but not always apparent. His beautiful meditation on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jerome-kern-p39810\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jerome-kern-p39810\"\u003eJerome Kern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"All the Things You Are\" cuts across notions of jazz, popular song, and classical notions, while his \"8th Avenue\" pays a beautiful and engrossing tribute to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/fats-waller-p7764\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/fats-waller-p7764\"\u003eFats Waller\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Breakdown\" is an excursion into the intricacies of the blues, from its phraseology and tonalities to its elemental song forms and modulations. In all, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/nothing-to-declare-r686774\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/nothing-to-declare-r686774\"\u003eNothing to Declare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bley-p6132\"\u003eBley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's best outing for Justin Time thus far. It's simple in its presentation, but labyrinthine in its journeys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Bley","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39499743953056,"sku":"0068944019953","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39499758076064,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/e137321d-1eb8-4bc3-a43a-6383c716257e17404249719740726636-LARGE_56563973-85d7-4c02-8ad8-b51065d931b2.jpg?v=1615998051","url":"https:\/\/justin-time-records.myshopify.com\/products\/nothing-to-declare-1","provider":"Justin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}