It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago

It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Studio album by
Released1 March 1985
RecordedJuly 1984
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
GenreAvant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length39:40
LabelECM 1283
ProducerManfred Eicher
Paul Motian chronology
Jack of Clubs
(1985)
It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
(1985)
Misterioso
(1987)

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.