Search results for "Don Pullen"
Don Pullen: The Sixth Sense (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 21, 09The quartet that pianist Don Pullen co-led with tenor saxophonist George Adams in the 1980s was one of the finest j...
George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet: Dionysus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 02, 09Three out the four members of the George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet died in middle age: drummer Dannie Richmond in 1988...
Don Pullen: In The Beginning (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music May 21, 09One of the strongest, most intense and inventive tracks on an album chock full of them, "In The Beginning" combines u...
George Adams & Don Pullen: Big Alice (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 13, 08This session featuring Mingus alumni (with the obvious exception of Cameron Brown) is filled with high- energy origin...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...
David Murray: In the Spirit (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 06, 09This session brought together, in David Murray and Don Pullen, two musicians whose styles confidently straddled post-...
Giuseppi Logan: Tabla Suite (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 22, 08Who doesn't love a good musical tightrope walk? Giuseppi Logan's sinuous horn kicks off the event, Don Pullen rides w...
Hamiet Bluiett & Concept: I'll Close My Eyes (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 08Hamiet Bluiett, a co-founding member of the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis, alumnus of the bands of Charles M...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES
Gerry Mulligan, ...
Billy Hart: Diff Customs (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 23, 09There are so many jazz records (and it seems like the number increases exponentially with each passing year), it's di...
Billy Hart: Shadow Dance (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 23, 09One of the best tracks on a great album, "Shadow Dance" is an inspired summation of modern jazz's ways and means ci...
Charles Mingus: Sue's Changes (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 05, 08"They're among the best records I've made, " Mingus said of Changes One and Changes Two, which featured one of his fi...
Charles Mingus: Remember Rockefeller at Attica (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 23, 07The sentiment evoked in the title of this work is far removed from the vibe of the music. Mingus stated that the mon...
Charles Mingus: C Jam Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 28, 09Jazz composers usually bring their most polished and ambitious scores when they are invited to play at Carnegie Hall....
Pullen, Don (Gabriel) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09Pianist Don Pullen straddled the line between the lyrical devices of bebop and the primal dissonance of free jazz. Th...
Adams, George (Rufus) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Tenor saxophonist and flutist George Adams combined elements of blues, funk, jazz and rhythm and blues with his own p...
A Jazz Success Story in Vermont posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 19, 09Willard Jenkins continues his series on grassroots jazz organizations in the US with a look at a remarkable success s...
Graves, Milford posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09Milford Graves’ adventurous, often explosive style of drumming made a distinctive mark on the New York avant-garde sc...
New Reviews of Old Music posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 23, 09Below is a baker’s dozen of tracks reviewed during the last two weeks. Each of these performances was rated 90 or ab...
Richmond, Dannie (Charles Daniel) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08Dannie Richmond was Charles Mingus's musical foil over twenty years. In Richmond, Mingus found a saxophonist-turned-...
Harrison, Donald (Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Alto saxophonist Donald Harrison rose to prominence as a member of groups led by drummers Roy Haynes and Art Blakey...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
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