Showing posts with label Don Pullen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Pullen. Show all posts

6 March 2017

MARCELLO MELIS - PERDAS DE FOGU - BURNING STONES (RCA, 1975)




A1. Sa Bruscia Narat
A2. Italjazz
A3. Rivvalta

B1. Perdas De Fogu
B2. Sulcis
B3. Anghelu Ruju


Mario Schiano, alto saxophone
Sheila Jordan, vocals
Don Pullen, piano
Bruce Johnson, guitar
Marcello Melis, bass
Ray Mantilla, percussion
Jerome Cooper, drums

Recorded on 13-14 JUne 1974, at Downtown Studio, New York

RCA - TPL1 1082

LP Rip

1 January 2014

DON PULLEN - MILFORD GRAVES - IN CONCERT AT YALE UNIVERSITY (SRP RECORDS, 1966 & 1967)




In Concert At Yale University - Vol. 1

A.  P.G. I

B.  P.G. II




In Concert At Yale University - Vol. 2

Nommo

A1. P.G. III
A2. P.G. IV

B.  P.G. V



Don Pullen, piano
Milford Graves, drums, percussion


Recorded on 30 April 1966 and originally released on their private Self-Reliance Project label.


SRP Records - PG 286 (Vol. 1)
SRP Records - SRP-LP 290; PG 290 (Vol. 2)
IPS - IPS 290, IPS ST290 (Vol. 2, re-issues on Milford Graves/Andrew Cyrille's Institute of Percussive Studies label)

Vinyl Rips


28 September 2013

JANE BUNNETT ‎– IN DEW TIME (DARK LIGHT MUSIC LTD, 1988)





A1. Big Alice
A2. The Wanderer
A3. Limbo

B1. Utviklingssang
B2. In Dew Time
B3. Five/As Long As There's Music



Scott Alexander, bass (A2-B3)
Claude Ranger, drums (A2-B3)
Jane Bunnett, flute, soprano saxophone
Vincent Chancey, french horn (A2-B1, B3)
Brian Dickenson, piano (B1, B3)
Don Pullen, piano (A1-A3)
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone (A2, A3, B2, B3)
Larry Cramer, trumpet (A2-B3)


Recorded at Manta Sound Recording Studio, Toronto, on February 25-6, 1988.

Dark Light Music Ltd. ‎– DL-9001

Vinyl Rip

20 April 2013

Hamiet Bluiett-Impossible to keep,1996 (rec 1979)


And here's my favorite band of Bluiett's , the same that also made 'Resolution'on Black Saint,the deep empathetic chemistry , with Pullen dating back to the Mingus band of a few years before ,very much in evidence here.
Sobre una nube was originally released as the India Navigation Lp SOS,
This double disc features the whole concert pretty much unedited.
enjoy!!


30 August 2012

Don Pullen Quartet - Live in Milan '78


Milan was the final stage of a very long European tour, where, in addition to three concerts, the Quartet recorded the album "Warriors" for the Black Saint.

Rec. live at "Capolinea", Milan, Italy, on Sunday April 9, 1978
(mics recording)

Don Pullen,piano
Chico Freeman,tenor & soprano saxes,flute
Fred Hopkins,bass
Bobby Battle,drums

Sunday afternoon set:
1. Richard's Tune [D.Pullen]/Look Up [C.Freeman] (1:03:15)

Sunday evening set:
2. Double Arc Jake [D.Pullen] (1:36:21)

Total Time 2:39:36

Double Arc Jake (excerpt)

19 April 2011

BILLY HART "ENCHANCE" (HORIZON, 1977)






BILLY HART "ENCHANCE"

Billy Hart, drums
Oliver Lake, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (7), flute (5)
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone (not on 5)
Hannibal Marvin Peterson, trumpet, koto (5)
Eddie Henderson,trumpet (1-5,7), fluegelhorn (1,2), echoplex (5)
Don Pullen, piano, electric piano (5)
Buster Williams, acoustic bass (1,3,5)
Dave Holland, acoustic bass (2,4,6,7)
Thabo Michael Carvin, percussion (3,5)


1. Diff Customs (Lake) 05:53
2. Shadow Dance (Holland) 07:52
3. Layla-Joy (Hart) 07:04
4. Corner Culture (Redman) 02:52
5. Rahsaan Is Beautiful (Peterson) 04:38
6. Pharoah (Pullen) 09:44
7. Hymn For The Old Year (Lake) 08:56



Recorded February 24 and March 3, 1977, Generation Sound Studio, New York City.


HORIZON 24

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24 April 2010

Don Pullen - Live in Castiglione del Lago '76



















A brief recording made during the 1976 edition of
"Umbria Jazz", the day after Don played with Sam
Rivers in Villalago (Black Africa! Villalago - Horo Records).

Rec. live at "Umbria Jazz '76", Castiglione del Lago (Perugia),
Italy, on July 23, 1976 (radio broadcast)

Don Pullen,piano

1. Richard's Tune (10:04)
2. Joycie Girl (09:36)
3. Suite (Sweet) Malcom (09:18)
4. Big Alice (08:50)

Total Time 37:49

All compositions by D.Pullen

3 October 2009

George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet, San Remo Jazz Festival (Italy) April 28, 1985 TV



Source: TV recorded to VHS/PC and digital conversion into PAL format.
Quality: A-

George Adams: ts, fl & voc*
Don Pullen: p
Cameron Brown: b
Dannie Richmond: d

1 City gates 13:52
2 Forever lovers 12:59
3 Devil's Blues * 9:47
4 Sing me a song everlasting 8:34

Time 45:00

29 September 2009

Don Pullen - Live in Milan '78

don pullen

Someone will notice that this recording was taped
the same day of that i've posted on June 29
(Don Pullen/Joseph Jarman/Don Moyè - Live in
Frascati '78) : indeed the Frascati was a morning
concert (about 10 a.m.), so here we have the curiosity
of the same tune (a favourite of mine, for evident reasons)
played twice in a day by the same player,after a 600
kilometres journey.

Rec. live at "Teatro Ciak", Milan, Italy, on December
18th, 1978 (mics recording)

Don Pullen,piano

1. Richard's Tune (36:33)

29 June 2009

Don Pullen / Joseph Jarman / Don Moyè - Live in Frascati '78



Another trio (piano/reeds/percussions), this time
all American, another idea of improvised music :
personally i prefer the European approach

Rec. live at "Teatro Politeama", Frascati, Italy,
on december 18th, 1978 (mix recording)

Don Pullen,piano
Joseph Jarman,reeds,flutes,percussions
Don Moyè,percussions

1. Richard's Tune (47:51)
2. Unknown (17:32)

Total Time 1:05:24

20 April 2009

Don Pullen - Plays Monk

vinyl rip, 320 mp3, Paddewheel


Number 4 from I Forgot Clifford. I think this one scored mostly on rarity and I would not have predicted top 10. There is a curiosity factor here to see how DP would interpret some of Monk's most loved tunes. Pullen has a very solid following based on many strong discs with Mingus, Adams/Pullen 4tet and other solo discs. He is a great example of one of the defining ideals for a musician, you know it is him playing almost immediately.


Don Pullen - solo piano

1. Well You Needn't (Monk) 5:18
2. Round Midnight (Monk) 8:09
3. Monkin' Around (Pullen) 9:41
4. Trinkle Tinkle (Monk) 6:13
5. Gratitude (Pullen) 5:39
6. In Walked Bud (Monk) 5:51


NYC 1984

http://rapidshare.com/files/205056797/pmonk.rar

1 January 2009

Don Pullen Quartet - Grenoble 1978


Happy New Year to one and all !

Pullen was an artist who must have slipped under my radar until quite recently. I'd heard him on one or two Mingus records, but not on anything else. He started out as an avant gardist in the 60s, playing with the likes of Guisseppi Logan and Milford Graves, but must have cleaned up his act to occupy the piano spot in the Charles Mingus band for much of the 70s. On Mingus's death, he formed a great quartet with fellow Mingus sidesmen, reedsman George Adams and drumme Dannie Richmond, along with bassist Cameron Brown (formerly with Archie Shepp). This quartet endured for much of the 80s and produced some fine recordings.

This concert, an FM recording (thanks go to blackforest for seeding) predates the formation of the Adams quartet, and is the same line-up that produced the album Warriors in 1978.

Details:

Don Pullen Quartet
Grenoble (France)
Maison de la Culture - Grande Salle
19780322 - March 03, 1978

Don Pullen p
Chico Freeman ts, ss, fl
Fred Hopkins b
Bobby Battle dr

1) 31:36 Richard´s Tune (Don Pullen)
2) 27:52 Joycie Girl (Don Pullen)....
3) 24:20 …u.t.

Much criticism has been levelled at Pullen, suggesting he was a poor man's Cecil Taylor. Well he can pound the ivories as well as the next man, as passages of this recording show, but I think he is much more than that.
Freeman is superb on this. He doesn't appear until about two-thirds the way through the first track (perhaps he was held up in the traffic). He plays freer than on anything else I've heard by him.

If anyone is interested in a solo Don Pullen recording, "Five To Go" is still available on fredito's now defunkt blog at
http://huppeshyalites.blogspot.com/2007/05/don-pullen-five-to-go.html. Quite rare I think, and well worth a listen.