Solo Piano Album
| Solo Piano Album | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February 24, 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:24 | |||
| Label | Sackville | |||
| Producer | Bill Airey Smith | |||
| Don Pullen chronology | ||||
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Solo Piano Album is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen recorded in 1975 for the Canadian Sackville label.[1] In 2014 Delmark Records, which purchased the catalog of the Sackville label, reissued the album under the title Richard's Tune with two bonus tracks.
Reception
[edit]The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Don Pullen's debut as a leader around a decade after he first appeared on the ESP label as a sideman finds the percussive and adventurous pianist already displaying a fairly distinctive style".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Track listing
[edit]- All compositions by Don Pullen
- "Richard's Tune" - 8:25
- "Suite (Sweet) Malcom (Part 1: Memories and Gunshots)" - 15:39
- "Big Alice" - 10:07
- "Song Played Backwards" - 9:13
- Recorded at Thunder Sound in Toronto, Canada on February 24, 1975
Richard's Tune bonus tracks (Delmark CD reissue)
- "Kadji" - 8:29
- "Big Alice (alternate)" - 9:18
Personnel
[edit]- Don Pullen - piano
References
[edit]- ^ Don Pullen discography accessed May 16, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 16, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1185. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.