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Solo Piano Album

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Solo Piano Album
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedFebruary 24, 1975
GenreJazz
Length43:24
LabelSackville
ProducerBill Airey Smith
Don Pullen chronology
Nommo
(1966)
Solo Piano Album
(1975)
Jazz a Confronto 21
(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

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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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

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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
  • Recorded at Thunder Sound in Toronto, Canada on February 24, 1975

Richard's Tune bonus tracks (Delmark CD reissue)

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

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Don Pullen discography accessed May 16, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 16, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1185. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.