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| 1. | Mingus Metamorphosis
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| 2. | Samba For Now
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| 3. | Thank You Very Much Mr. Monk
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| 4. | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
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| 5. | City Gates
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Free Jazz
Recorded at Studio 44, Monster, Holland on 27 and 28 March 1983
George Adams - tenor saxophone
Don Pullen - piano
Cameron Brown - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
In an interview in Coda Magazine with drummer Dannie Richmond (early 1951) we could read: "It (= the formation of the quartet) was an experiment at first and it was only supposed to be for one short tour. We didn't know who the bassist would be for the quartet. But the rapport w as such, primarily because we had all played with Charles Mingus and knew each other (= Adams, Pullen, Richmond), that it was comparatively simple to have a new bassist, which basically meant that he was to follow us. The rapport was there and as soon as we hit the bandstand the music was so hot "this was about three years ago" that what was supposed to be a one-tour quartet has in fact become. I think, one of the hottest quartets that's been playing jazz today. There is no lack of excitement, musical ideas, togetherness, openness, freedom, you name it, that can happen within the context of this one group. It's all there and I think that's why it's happened for so long and that it will continue to happen. We're all friends, have been for a long time, there's never been any real static with anybody in the group, and everybody contributes to the oneness in this particular band." Dannie Richmond was right, this quartet was really one of the hottest groups in the early 1980's. A small group, established in 1979 by tenor saxophonist George Adams, pianist Don Pullen and drummer Dannie Richmond: the George Adams/ Don Pullen Quartet.Tenorist George Adams was born in Covington. Georgia on 29 April 1940. At the age of eleven he started to play the piano, at High School he switched to tenor sax. He studied at the Clark College and got lessons on flute by that former Chick Webb man, Wayman Carver. At first George Adams played mostly rhythm and blues in so-called organ trios. He worked with Sam Cooke and some local guys. In 1965 he left for New York. He worked with Roy Haynes (1965-1972), Art Blakey, Charles Mingus (1973-1976). Gil Evans (1975-197S). McCoyTyner (1976-1979) and Archie Shepp (1978). In 1975 he made his first record under his own name when he was touring with Mingus (in the group also Pullen and Richmond). In 1979 the three came to their quartet and they made this quartet a cohesive unit. playing powerful music, intense rhythm, lots of funk. dynamic contrasts and a modern approach. Adams playing on the tenor sax is hard, robust and lean. influenced by John Coltrane, Albert Ayler. Stanley Turrentine. Paul Gonsalves and the great three: Ben Webster. Coleman Haw kins and Charlie Parker. When he is in the mood, and he often is, Adams is a fine blues singer. Pianist Don Pullen was born in Roanoke. Virginia, on 25 December 1941. He started to play gospel music in churches and blues in local groups. He studied at the Lucy Addison High School and the .Johnson C. Smith University. In New York he played and studied with Muhal Richard Abrams (1964). Giuseppe Logan (1964-1965) and Milford Craves (1966. acting as a duo). At that time Don Pullen got the legendary reputation of an important free-jazz musician, one playing with dissonants. scattering handfuls of tone-clusters (a bit like Cecil Taylor but less dramatic). But Don Pullen soon found out that he could not live on free-jazz alone. He started to accompany singers just to earn a living and worked with Big Maybelle, Ruth Brown. Arthur Pry sock, Nina Simone and so on. In 1973 he resurfaced as a member of the Charles Mingus Quintet. He worked with Mingus (1973-1975). Art Blakey (1974), Sam Rivers (1975). Billy Hart, David Murray. Hamiet Bluiett (1977). Beaver Harris, the Mingus Dynasty group (1979) and of course the quartet with George Adams and Dannie Richmond. With his piano play. formed under the influences of Art Tatum. Cecil Taylor. Muhal Richard Abrams. blues, gospel, stride and lots of African elements. Don Pullen became an important pianist and composer. Bassist Cameron Langdon Brown was born in Detroit, on 21 December 1945. For six years he studied the piano, at High School he sw itched to bass and played in a small combo at the Columbia University. He worked with George Russell (1965). Don Cherry (this was when he lived in Sweden). Bill Barren. Donald Byrd (1965-1966). Beaver Harris. Rod O'Brien. Sheila Jordan (1975). Archie Shepp. Art Blakey (1976). Mat Waldron. Steve Lacy. Beaver Harris again (1979). the Adams-Pullen Quartet, the Dannie Richmond Combo and again with Don Cherry. In his play Cameron Brown is influenced by Paul Chambers. Jimmy Garrison. Charles
Mingus and dan Peacock. With his full tone and solid swing he is ideal in a small-group context. Drummer Dannie Richmond (New York. 15 December 1935) played tenor sax in rock and roll and rhythm and blues groups. That was when he was in his teens. He toured with Paul Williams' r & b band but switched to drums when he found out that on the jam sessions which he attended often a drummer was missing. Six months later he was a member of the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop. For a long time (1956-1967,1969-1970,1973-1978) Richmond was the regular drummer of Charles Mingus. He worked in rock jazz with Mark Almond (1971-1973), Joe Cocker, Elton John but also with Chet Baker, Johnny Taylor and after Mingus died he became the musical director of the Mingus Dynasty Group. From 1979-1983 and in 1985 he was the drummer of the George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet, of which he w as the co-founder. He played with Chico Freeman (1980), David Murray, Archie Shepp, Bennie Wallace, Ricky Ford and Jack Walrath in the 1980's. Richmond, who died on 16 March 1988, was an all-round drummer with a special feeling for dynamics and changes in tempo (his work with Mingus). He once told that his influences came from Max Roach and PhillyJoe Jones, but this winner of the Down Beat poll in 1968 and 1969 had a style of his own as well, a combination of support and excitement, highly emotional, just the right one for this quartet. Wim van Eyle
By 1983, the quartet was at a musical peak, and this may be their best recording. Everything gels: The choice of tunes, the solos, and the arrangements all come together to produce one of the leading post-bop albums of the 1980s. Adams and Pullen perform magnificently and soulfully on "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," while the other three originals by pianist Don Pullen and two by Adams include a lengthy tribute to Charles Mingus and a shorter one for Thelonious Monk. Thankfully, there are no vocals by Adams. When these fellows get it right, as they do here, there is a synergy and energy that just can't be beat. Adams soars on tenor, building to a frenzied crescendo without losing control, while Pullen is right at his side. Drummer Dannie Richmond and bassist Cameron Brown seem inspired by the date. ~ Steven Loewy, All Music Guide
George Adams
Active Decades: '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Apr 29, 1940 in Covington, GA
Died: Nov 14, 1992 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
A passionate tenor and flute player who was not shy to break up chordal improvising with an unexpected scream or roar, George Adams was an original voice who (like his friend Don Pullen) crossed over several stylistic boundaries. He started on piano, but by the time he was in high school he was playing tenor in funk bands. In 1961, he toured with Sam Cooke, and in 1963 Adams moved to Ohio where he played with organ groups for the next few years. In 1968, he relocated to New York where he played with Roy Haynes, Gil Evans, and Art Blakey, among others. However, it was his association with Charles Mingus (1973-1976) that gave him his initial fame. After playing a bit with McCoy Tyner, Adams co-led a stimulating quartet with Don Pullen that made many records. Late in life, Adams (who enjoyed taking an occasional raspy blues vocal) teamed up with James Blood Ulmer in the group Phalanx, and occasionally played with Mingus Dynasty.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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