Artist: Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection
Album: Ode to Life (A Tribute to George Adams)
Genre: Post-Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Label: Blue Note
Released: 1993
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Third House on the Right (Franco-Beserra) - 5:03
- Paraty (Matta) - 9:03
- El Matador (Pullen) - 6:06
- Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya (Pullen) - 13:06
- Aseeko! (Get Up and Dance!) (Thiam) - 6:32
- Anastasia/Pyramid (Ward) - 7:09
- Variation on Ode to Life (Pullen) - 12:00
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- Personnel:
- Don Pullen - piano
- Carlos Ward - alto saxophone, flute
- Nilson Matta - bass
- Guilherme Franco - timba, berimbau, percussion
- Mor Thiam - djembe, tabula, rainsticks, wind chimes, vocals (#5)
Pianist Don Pullen's second recording by his African-Brazilian Connection (which includes bassist Nilson Matta, two percussionists and altoist Carlos Ward) is dedicated to the memory of the late tenor-saxophonist George Adams. The music is more subdued than is usual on a Pullen disc, with the harmonies being less dissonant and the mood often melancholy and reflective but occasionally joyous. This is one of Pullen's more accessible and introspective sessions.
Review by Scott Yanow