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| Mosaic Select 13 - Don Pullen |
| Don Pullen |
| első megjelenés éve: 1990 |
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| (2005)
[ LIMITED ]
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3 x CD |
| 9.745 Ft
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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Mr. Smoothie (A)
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| 2. | Just Foolin' Around (A)
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| 3. | Song From The Old Country (A)
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| 4. | We've Been Here All The Time (A)
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| 5. | A Time For Sobriety (A)
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| 6. | The Necessary Blues (A)
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| 7. | Sun Watchers (B)
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| 8. | Serenade To Sariah (B)
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| 9. | 1529 Gunn Street (B)
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Warm Up (B)
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| 2. | Sing Me A Song Everlasting (B)
For EBU and Hamiet Bluiett
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| 3. | Another Reason To Celebrate (B)
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| 4. | Jana's Delight (C)
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| 5. | Once Upon A Time (C)
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| 6. | Warriors (C)
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| 7. | New Beginnings (C)
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| 8. | At The Café Centrale (C)
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| 9. | Reap The Whirlwind (C)
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| 3. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Andre's Ups And Downs (D)
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| 2. | Randon Thoughts (D)
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| 3. | Indio Gitano (D)
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| 4. | The Dancer (D)
For Diane McIntyre
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| 5. | Endangered Species: African American Youth (D)
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| 6. | 626 Fairfax (D)
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| 7. | Ode To Life (D)
For Maurice Quesnell
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| 8. | Silence = Death (C)
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Jazz
(A) George Adams, tenor sax; Don Pullen, piano; Cameron Brown, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums.
Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York City on April 30, 1986.
Recording engineer: Mike Moran
All tunes except "The Necessary Blues" originally issued on BREAKTHROUGH by the Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet (Blue Note BT-85122). All tunes issued on the CD version of the album (B2-46314).
(B) George Adams, tenor sax; Don Pullen, piano; Cameron Brown, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums.
Recorded at RCA Studio C, New York City on April 21, 1987.
Recording engineer: Mike Moran
All tunes except "Another Reason To Celebrate" originally issued as SONG EVERLASTING by the Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet (Blue Note B1-46907). All tunes issued on the CD version of the album (B2-46907).
(C) Don Pullen, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Tony Williams, drums. Recorded at A & R Studios, New York City on December 16, 1988.
Recording engineer: David Baker
Al tunes except "Silence = Death" originally issued on NEW BEGINNINGS (Blue Note B1-91785). All tunes issued on the CD version of the album (B2-91785).
(D) Don Pullen, piano; James Genus, bass; Lewis Nash, drums.
Recorded at A & R Studios, New York City on March 23, 1990.
Recording engineer: David Baker
All tunes issued on RANDOM THOUGHTS (Blue Note CD B2-94347).
"There is a searching bluesiness in Don which roots even his stunning pianistic runs and chromatics in the real, the concretely blue."
--- Amri Baraka, liner notes for "Breakthrough
An Unmistakable, Unrelenting, Creative Force
There are in jazz those rare ensembles whose members sound as if they were born to play with each other, ensembles of unique artists who come together to make a totally new sound. The Coltrane quartet, some of Miles Davis's quintets and the Nat Cole trio are obvious examples. The Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet with Cameron Brown and Dannie Richmond is a less obvious one; four creative individuals who came together to create a whole that is bigger than the sum of its parts.
Fueled mostly by Pullen's compositions, they could move from a roadhouse blues groove to rapturous lyrical beauty to fierce explosive improvisations and it all made perfect sense! As Lee Jeske wrote in 1987, their ninth year together, they were "a band that had all the right elements: chops, soul, experience, compatibility, wit, authority, intensity, humor, you name it". This set contains their final two albums Breakthrough and Song Everlasting.
When the quartet disbanded after the death of Dannie Richmond, Don Pullen turned his focus to the piano trio as a his creative vehicle and made two masterpieces for Blue Note, both included here. New Beginnings brought this unique pianist-composer together with two creative giants that hadn't played together for more than twenty years, Gary Peacock and Tony Williams. Randon Thoughts featured his brilliant working trio with James Genus and Lewis Nash. Pullen's compositions are memorable and wide-ranging; both sessions are brimming with power, lyricism, swing and interaction.
These four albums, long unavailable, are standouts in career of one of jazz's true originals.
Don Pullen
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Dec 25, 1941 in Roanoke, VA
Died: Apr 22, 1995 in East Orange, NJ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Brazilian Jazz, Free Jazz, Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz
Don Pullen developed a surprisingly accessible way of performing avant-garde jazz. Although he could be quite free harmonically, with dense, dissonant chords, Pullen also utilized catchy rhythms, so even his freest flights generally had a handle for listeners to hang on to. The combination of freedom and rhythm gave him his own unique musical personality.
Pullen, who came from a musical family, studied with Muhal Richard Abrams (with whom he played in the Experimental Band) and, in 1964, made his recording debut with Giuseppi Logan. In the 1960s, he recorded free duets with Milford Graves, led his own bands, and played organ with R&B groups, backing Big Maybelle and Ruth Brown, among others. Although he worked with Nina Simone (1970-1971) and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1974), Pullen became famous as the pianist with Charles Mingus' last great group (1973-1975). From 1979-1988, he co-led a notable inside/outside quartet with tenor saxophonist George Adams that was in some ways an extension of Mingus' band. In later years, Pullen led his African-Brazilian Connection and recorded with Kip Hanrahan, Roots, John Scofield, David Murray, Mingus Dynasty, and Jane Bunnett, among others. His last project found the always searching pianist seeking to fuse jazz with traditional Native American music. Although his life was too short, Don Pullen fortunately did make a fair amount of recordings as a leader, including for Sackville (1974), Horo, Black Saint, Atlantic (his funky "Big Alice" became a near-standard), and Blue Note.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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