Biography
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Paul Motian
2 follower
Origin :
Providence, Rhode Island
Genres :
Jazz
Bebop
Hard bop
Post-bop
Avant-garde jazz
Free improvisation
Instruments :
Drums
Percussion
Labels :
ECM
Soul Note
JMT
Winter & Winter
Years active :
1954–2010
Born / Died
Born:(1931-03-25)March 25, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:November 22, 2011(2011-11-22) (aged 80) Manhattan, New York
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later was a regular in pianist Keith Jarrett's band for about a decade (c. 1967–1976). Motian began his career as a bandleader in the early 1970s. Perhaps his two most notable groups were a longstanding trio of guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, and the Electric Bebop Band which featured the drummer working mostly with younger musicians doing interpretations of bebop standards.
