Axis is a live solo album by pianist Paul Bley recorded in New York in 1977 and released on Bley's own Improvising Artists label the following year.

[1] Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of Bley's most painterly and moving solo dates".

[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "a meditative and in some ways rather melancholy set" and "an intriguing blend of styles and ideas".

[3] All compositions by Paul Bley except as indicated