Don Pullen – [bad word] Ground
Label:Blue Note – CDP 7243 8 32800 2 5
Format:CD, Album
Country:US
Released:1995
Genre:Jazz
Style:
 
Tracklist
1  The Eagle Staff Is First  3:47
2 [bad word] Ground  10:22
3  River Song  7:30
4  Reservation Blues  6:42
5  Message In Smoke  8:20
6  Resting On The Road  7:47
7  Reprise: Still Here  1:40
Credits

    Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward
    Bass – Santi Debriano
    [bad word] – J.T. Lewis
    Percussion – Mor Thiam
    Piano – Don Pullen
    Trombone – Joseph Bowie

Notes
Recorded 8-9 March, 1995 in NYC
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Don Pullen's long, impressive career was marked by experimentation, and a willingness to play with what often seemed to be contradictory styles and approaches. On 1994's [bad word] GROUND, Pullen's final recording (he died in '95), he continues this impulse by bringing together the African Brazilian Connection (his six-piece ensemble) with the Native American Chief Cliff Singers. Though the traditional singing of the Cliff Singers dominates the album, these passages are off-set by Pullen and his group exploring African and Latin rhythms and improvising in a more jazz-oriented manner (with some excellent piano work from Pullen). Tthe entire project is a testament to Pullen's lifelong pursuit of the freewheeling expression that dissolves boundaries.

Entertainment Weekly (1/26/96, p.59) - "...he makes music that can dance with life or invite spiritual awareness." - Rating: A-
JazzTimes (3/96, p.88) - "...Throughout this arresting, haunting work one is [bad word] by the unusual timbers of the Native singers; their blending of tones and the sheer majesty of their expression invoking deep contemplation in the listner....Pullen succeeds...in forging a historical musical relationship between his music and the tribal music..."
Musician (4/96, p.91) - "...it's Pullen's power of invention that drives this date...its rousing realization creates an exotica void of oddity..."
New York Times (Publisher) (2/11/96, Sec.2, p.30) - "...Pullen more than almost any other musician understood both jazz mainstream and the avant-garde, and [bad word] also combined gospel and pop influences..."

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