Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen is an album by David Murray, released on the Japanese DIW label.[2][3] Recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, the album contains performances by Murray, pianist D.D. Jackson, bassist Santi Debriano, and drummer J. T. Lewis, in tribute to Don Pullen. The liner notes were penned by Jackson.[4]
| Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 30 September – 1 October 1996 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:36 | |||
| Label | DIW | |||
| Producer | Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Critical reception
editThe Village Voice wrote that "despite some rousing passages, this is becalming and elegiac, a fitting companion to Pullen’s own Ode to Life."[5]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Don Pullen except where noted.
- "Gratitude" – 7:52
- "Resting on the Road" – 10:29
- "Out of a Storm" (Jackson) – 8:38
- "El Matador" – 4:32
- "Easy Alice" (Jackson) – 8:10
- "Long Goodbye" (Morris) – 8:00
- "Common Ground" – 7:54
Personnel
edit- David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- D. D. Jackson – piano
- Santi Debriano – bass
- J. T. Lewis – drums
References
edit- ^ AllMusic Review accessed August 10, 2011
- ^ "David Murray Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Giddins, Gary (14 October 2004). Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530449-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jenkins, Todd S. (14 October 2004). Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313333149 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The David Murray Guide". The Village Voice. 30 May 2006.