The 360 Degree Music Experience was an American jazz ensemble formed in New York in 1968 by drummer Beaver Harris, pianist Dave Burrell, and trombonist Grachan Moncur III. Harris sustained the project through changing lineups and six albums, ending the sequence with the Shemp release A Well Kept Secret. Their repertory joined early-jazz forms with […]
Capricorn Rising is an album by American avant-garde jazz pianist Don Pullen, released in 1976 on Black Saint. Tracklist: A1. “Break Out” (12:35) A2. “Capricorn Rising” (11:48) B1. “Joycie Girl” (6:36) B2. “Fall Out” (15:04) Credits: Sam Rivers — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Don Pullen — piano Alex Blake — bass Bobby Battle — […]
Don Pullen (Dec. 25, 1941 — April 22, 1995) was an American avant-garde jazz pianist and organist from Roanoke, Va., who co-featured with drummer Milford Graves on a pair of 1966/67 live releases on SRP Records. Pullen played on albums by Charles Williams, Charles Mingus, and George Adams, then cut multiple bandleader titles Atlantic and […]
