Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2

1983 live album by George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2

Live album by

George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet

Released| 1983
Recorded| August 19, 1983
Genre| Jazz
Length| 58:04
Label| Soul Note
Don Pullen chronology
| Live at the Village Vanguard
(1983)  | Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2
(1983)  | Evidence of Things Unseen
(1983)

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George Adams chronology
| Live at the Village Vanguard
(1983)  | Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2
(1983)  | Decisions
(1983)

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Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 is a live album by the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet recorded in 1983 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "Everyone contributes fine solo work, while also keeping everything nice and in the pocket. A highlight from the Pullen-Adams catalog and one of the most impressive of contemporary live jazz dates".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "The working band in excelsis, rounding off a half-decade of activity with a couple of heated – sometimes overheated – sets. Perhaps oddly, given the chemistry, this is a band that always sounded better in the studio".[3]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Don Pullen except as indicated

1. "Saturday Night in the Cosmos" – 11:25
2. "City Gates" (George Adams) – 17:40
3. "The Great Escape" – 11:15
4. "Big Alice" – 17:44

* Recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City on August 19, 1983.

## Personnel

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* Don Pullen – piano
* George Adams – tenor saxophone, flute
* Cameron Brown – bass
* Dannie Richmond – drums

## References

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1. ^ Don Pullen discography, accessed May 18, 2011.
2. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 18, 2011.
3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 8. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.

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Years listed reflect recording dates not release dates

Albums as leader
or co-leader|

* Paradise Space Shuttle (1979)
* Sound Suggestions (1979)
* Hand to Hand (with Dannie Richmond, 1980)
* Melodic Excursions (1982)
* Gentleman's Agreement (with Dannie Richmond,1983)
* More Sightings (with Hannibal, 1984)
* Nightingale (1988)
* America (1989)
* Old Feeling (1991)

Albums with George Adams-
Don Pullen Quartet|

* All That Funk (1979)
* More Funk (1979)
* Don't Lose Control (1979)
* Earth Beams (1980)
* Life Line (1981)
* City Gates (1983)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (1983)
* Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1983)
* Decisions (1984)
* Live at Montmartre (1985)
* Breakthrough (1986)
* Song Everlasting (1987)

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* Phalanx

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Don Pullen

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Solo Piano Album (1975)
* Jazz a Confronto 21 (1975)
* Five to Go (1975)
* Capricorn Rising (1975)
* Healing Force (1976)
* Tomorrow's Promises (1976 & 1977)
* Warriors (with Chico Freeman, Fred Hopkins, and Bobby Battle, 1978)
* Milano Strut (1978)
* The Magic Triangle (with Joseph Jarman and Don Moye, 1979)
* Earth Beams (with George Adams, 1980)
* Life Line (with George Adams, 1981)
* Melodic Excursions (with George Adams, 1982)
* City Gates (with George Adams, 1983)
* Evidence of Things Unseen (1983)
* Decisions (with George Adams, 1984)
* The Sixth Sense (1985)
* Breakthrough (with George Adams, 1986)
* Song Everlasting (with George Adams, 1987)
* New Beginnings (1988)
* Random Thoughts (1990)
* Kele Mou Bana (1990)
* Ode to Life (1993)
* Sacred Common Ground (1995)

Live albums|

* The Complete Yale Concert, 1966 (with Milford Graves, 1966)
* Montreux Concert (1977)
* All That Funk (with George Adams, 1979)
* More Funk (with George Adams, 1979)
* Don't Lose Control (with George Adams, 1979)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (with George Adams, 1983)
* Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (with George Adams, 1983)
* Live at Montmartre (with George Adams, 1985)
* Live...Again: Live at Montreux (1993)

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