Don Pullen
Pianist Don Pullen (1944-95) moved effortlessly from avant-garde to bebop to blues. Geoffrey Smith surveys a keyboard original who starred with Charles Mingus and in his own hard-hitting groups, while creating such rhapsodic solo pieces as Ode to Life.
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Charles Mingus
Opus 4
- Mingus Moves.
- Rhino.
- 2.
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Don Pullen
Tracey's Blues
- The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note.
- Black Saint.
- 2.
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Don Pullen & George Adams
Saturday Nite In The Cosmos
- Earth Beams.
- Timeless.
- 2.
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Don Pullen
Milano Strut
- Milano Strut.
- Black Saint.
- 3.
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Don Pullen
Rejoice
- Evidence of Things Unseen.
- Black Saint.
- 3.
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Don Pullen
New Beginnings
- New Beginnings.
- Blue Note.
- 4.
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Don Pullen
Resting On The Road
- Sacred Common Ground.
- Blue Note.
- 6.
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Don Pullen
Ode To Life
- Ode To Life - Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection.
- Blue Note.
- 7.
Don Pullen
TITLE OPUS 4
Artists: Charles Mingus
Composers: Charles Mingus
Album Title: Mingus Moves
Label: Rhino 8122714542, Tr. 2
Performers: Charles Mingus (bass), Don Pullen (Piano), George Adams (tenor sax), Ronald Hampton (trumpet), Danny Richmond (drums)
TITLE TRACEY’S BLUES
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: Healing Force
Label: Black Saint 1200102, Tr. 2
Performers: Don Pullen (Piano)
TITLE SATURDAY NITE IN THE COSMOS
Artists: George Adams and Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen, Frank Dean
Album Title: Earth Beams
Label: Timeless, SJP 147, Tr. 2
Performers: Don Pullen (Piano), George Adams (tenor sax), Cameron Brown (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
TITLE MILANO STRUT
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: Milano Strut
Label: Black Saint 1200282, Tr. 3
Performers: Don Pullen (organ), Famoudou Don Moye, drums
TITLE REJOICE
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: Evidence of Things Unseen
Label: Black Saint. BSR 0080, Tr. 3
Performers: Don Pullen (piano)
TITLE NEW BEGINNINGS
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: New Beginnings
Label: Blue Note CDP79117852, Tr. 4
Performers: Don Pullen (piano), Gary Peacock (bass), Tony Williams (drums)
TITLE RESTING ON THE ROAD
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: Sacred Common Ground
Label: Blue Note CDP8328002, Tr. 6
Performers: Don Pullen (piano), Carlos Ward (Alto Sax), Santi Debriano (Bass), J.T Lewis (drums)
TITLE ODE TO LIFE
Artists: Don Pullen
Composers: Don Pullen
Album Title: Random Thoughts
Label: Blue Note CDP7943472, Tr. 7
Performers: Don Pullen (piano), Carlos Ward (Alto Sax), Nilson Matta (bass)
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- Sun 4 Aug 201900:00BBC Radio 3
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