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| ARTIST: | Don Pullen |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sackville Records |
| TYPE: | Avant-Garde, Jazz, Pop, Post-Bop |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Richards Tune, Suite (Sweet) Malcom (Pt. 1: Memories and Gunshots), Big Alice, Song Played Backwards |
| UPC: | 778132300823 |
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Customer Reviews of Solo Piano Album
Pure adventure I bought this album in 1975 shortly after seeing Pullen with C. Mingus's band at the time. I had been struck by the power that the pianist had brought to the instrument on the two nights I'd seen the band and was intrigued to hear this solo effort. I was not disappointed, and this remains one of my favorite Pullen albums.
The album begins with the bluesy "Big Alice," which Pullen recorded often during the course of his career. It's a very accessible foot-stomper; "Big Alice" shows Pullen's incorporation of rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, rock and roll and many other influences into his jazz. On the other hand, the tune does nothing to prepare you for what he hits you with in the rest of the album.
The three other tunes on the record range from the ethereal and abstract poetry of "Richard's Tune," his tribute to Muhal Richard Abrams; to the extended composition "Suite (Sweet) Malcolm," a meditation on Malcolm X; to the challenging, tempestuous "A Song Played Backwards." It was this last that in 1975 on my first listen brought me up short. Pullen attacks the piano on this track, barraging the listener with walls of cacophonic sound, rarely letting you sit back and get your breath until a surprising conclusion in which he fashions huge, momentous chords that swell and then slowly recede. Marvelous.
Did I like "A Song Played Backwards" the first time I heard it? Can't say I did, but it certainly made me want to go back and listen to it again. And as the years passed, I have many, many times, and I find something new in it most every time I do.
Pullen recorded many fine albums before his life ended all too soon. This was one of the best and certainly far different than even his other solo efforts. Highly recommended for serious jazz listeners.