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.

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)

Reception edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.