It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Studio album by Paul Motian
Released	1 March 1985
Recorded	July 1984
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer; Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length	39:40
Label	ECM 1283
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Paul Motian chronology

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago is an album by the Paul Motian Trio recorded in July 1984 and released on ECM March the following year. The trio features guitarist Bill Frisell and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano—the three had previously recorded together on Psalm (1982), The Story of Maryam (1984), and Jack of Clubs (1985) in Motian's quintet.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "This is one of the finest recordings that came from ECM in the '80s. Paul Bley led another, which featured Motian and Frisell—as well as John Surman. This set is made of the kind of music that made Manfred Eicher's ECM such a force to be reckoned with. It placed three musicians in a context that was comfortable enough to make them want to sing to one another."^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Motian

"It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago" - 6:06
"Fiasco" - 7:49
"Conception Vessel" - 4:31
"Introduction" - 3:05
"India" - 7:26
"In the Year of the Dragon" - 5:56
"Two Women from Padua" - 5:13

Personnel

Paul Motian Trio

Paul Motian – drums
Bill Frisell – guitar
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone

References

^ It should've happened a long time ago - Paul Motian Trio w/Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano - ECM Records
^ ^a ^b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 27, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[1] It should've happened a long time ago - Paul Motian Trio w/Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano - ECM Records

[Allmusic-2] Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 27, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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