My Standard is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating that Bley "avoids the obvious and comes up with something new to say".

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Track listing

"I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD

"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:06

"Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:30

"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:02

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 4:29

"Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:47

"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD "A.R.B." (Paul Bley) – 6:18 Bonus track on CD "Blues Waltz" (Bley) – 3:06 Bonus track on CD "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:43 "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 3:09 "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:57 "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03 "The Theme" (Traditional) - 4:45 "Becky" (Bley) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD "Bolivar Blues" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:18 Bonus track on CD "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:13 Bonus track on CD

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Personnel

Paul Bley – piano

Jesper Lundgaard – bass

Billy Hart – drums

References

1986 albums

Paul Bley albums

SteepleChase Records albums

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