Don Pullen & The African Brazilian Connection - Live…Again: Live at Montreux (1995) {Blue Note CDP 724383027125 rec 1993}
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© 1995 Blue Note / Capitol | CDP 7243 8 30271 2 5
Jazz / Post Bop / Brazilian Jazz / Piano
I was unfamiliar with the music of Don Pullen before the summer of '93, when I had the opportunity to play a couple of jazz festivals in Europe with my high school jazz band. The first was at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, where I first encountered Pullen and the African-Brazilian Connection. I was so enthralled by them that when I heard they were also playing the Montreaux Jazz Festival, some of my friends and I made sure to be there. We were very glad that we made the effort to see them again, because their performance was awe-inspiring.
Fast forward a year or so, when I was perusing the jazz section of a local music shop. I was shocked and amazed to see that they had recorded and released the Montreaux show on CD. I ended up buying five copies and giving them to the friends I'd been with that night in Montreaux.
The thing that strikes me most about this performance is that I had no idea until I read the liner notes that Pullen had been diagnosed with cancer sometime before this concert. Pullen's health was on the decline, and yet there was no hint of things being amiss that night. Instead, there is a sense of wonder and joy in his playing. Pullen plays like a man who was simply glad to be alive in this moment, for this night. His performance was both inspired, and inspiring. The vocals and percussion of Mor Thiam, the Senegalese djembe player in the group, only add to the joy of the faster songs.
Even though this album is long out-of-print, it is well worth the price to seek it out and buy it at any cost, since the chances of it returning to print are remote. I consider myself blessed and fortunate to have been able to witness this performance first-hand, and lucky that Blue Note recorded it and released it…
Personnel:
Don Pullen - piano
Carlos Ward - alto saxophone
Nilson Matta - bass
J.T. Lewis - drums
Mor Thiam - djembe, tabula, rainsticks, wind chimes, vocals
Recorded live in Montreux, Switzerland on July 13, 1993.
Track Listing:
01 - Yebino Spring
02 - Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya
03 - Capoeira
04 - Kele Mou Bana
05 - Aseeko! (Get Up And Dance!)
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