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Mar 25, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 22 Nov 2011 (aged 80)
American musician
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About Paul Motian
- 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.
