{"product_id":"open-to-love-hka6xm","title":"Open, To Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003eManfred Eicher\u003c\/strong\u003e called \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Bley\u003c\/strong\u003e in August 1972 and proposed to record a piano solo album, the Canadian pianist, 40 years old at this point, had already released 18 records as a leader. \"And yet,\" to quote Greg Buium’s liner note for the vinyl re-issue of this album, \"it still feels inconceivable — to think there were chapters in his musical life before solo piano.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen, To Love\u003c\/em\u003e didn’t quite come out of the blue, but arrived in the context of two other seminal solo recordings that ECM’s producer had initiated: \u003cem\u003eChick Corea’s Piano Improvisations\u003c\/em\u003e (released in 1971) and \u003cem\u003eKeith Jarrett’s Facing You\u003c\/em\u003e (released in March 1972). Bley’s solo performance holds a special place in that triumvirate of individualist perspectives and offers profound elaborations on his own compositions as well as pieces by \u003cem\u003eCarla Bley\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnnette Peacock\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Luminessence edition of \u003cem\u003eOpen, To Love\u003c\/em\u003e arrives in a tip-on gatefold with new liner notes by Bley biographer Greg Buium. \"After more than fifty years, \u003cem\u003eOpen, to Love\u003c\/em\u003e remains an imperishable gem, lodged forever in the present tense — and among the great masterworks in ECM’s vast catalogue\" – Greg Buium (from the liner notes of the Luminessence edition).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50929598759243,"sku":"2235166","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._8bfe17e3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733316341","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/open-to-love-hka6xm","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}