Solo Piano Album Explained

Solo Piano Album
Type:Album
Artist:Don Pullen
Cover:Solo Piano album.jpg
Released:1975
Recorded:February 24, 1975
Genre:Jazz
Length:43:24
Label:Sackville
Producer:Bill Airey Smith
Chronology:Don Pullen
Prev Title:Nommo
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Jazz a Confronto 21
Next Year:1975

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

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Pullen

  1. "Richard's Tune" - 8:25
  2. "Suite (Sweet) Malcom (Part 1: Memories and Gunshots)" - 15:39
  3. "Big Alice" - 10:07
  4. "Song Played Backwards" - 9:13

Richard's Tune bonus tracks (Delmark CD reissue)

  1. "Kadji" - 8:29
  2. "Big Alice (alternate)" - 9:18

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.donpullen.de/disco/index.htm Don Pullen discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 16, 2011