Song From the Old Country – 1989
Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet
A dynamic performance by one of jazz’s top bands of the 1980s
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It was one of the finest jazz groups of the 1980s.
Pianist Don Pullen and tenor-saxophonist George Adams had played together in one of Charles Mingus’ later groups during 1973-74.
After Mingus’ passing, they enlisted the bassist’s longtime drummer Dannie Richmond and, with Cameron Brown on bass, they created their own music throughout the 1980s.
Adams and Pullen had the ability to create music that was both inside and outside with the pianist often playing rhythmically but with atonal flourishes; the rhythmic ideas helped make his explorations more accessible than one might expect.
Adams, who could embrace melodies with a warm tone before playing wild solos, was on the same wavelength as the pianist.
“Song From The Old Country” is one of their better originals and features the group joyfully stretching out.
-Scott Yanow
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