Don't Lose Control
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{{Infobox album
| name = Don't Lose Control
| type = Live album
| artist = George Adams & Don Pullen
| cover = Don't Lose Control.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = November 2–3, 1979
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:47
| label = Soul Note
| producer = Giovanni Bonandrini
| chronology = Don Pullen
| prev_title = More Funk
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = A Well Kept Secret
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = George Adams
| type = Live album
| prev_title = More Funk
| prev_year = 1979
| title = Don't Lose Control
| year = 1979
| next_title = Paradise Space Shuttle
| next_year = 1979
}}
}}
Don't Lose Control is a live album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen and saxophonist George Adams recorded in 1979 for the Italian Soul Note label.[http://www.donpullen.de/disco/index.htm Don Pullen discography] accessed May 16, 2011
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Tenor saxophonist George Adams and pianist Don Pullen first joined forces in Charles Mingus' band of the 1970s and, upon the great bassist's death, they formed their own dynamic quartet, resulting in many recordings (mostly for European labels). Don't Lose Control, although their fourth record together, was the first to gain much recognition... This set is not quite as essential as some of the Adams-Pullen Quartet's later releases, but worth picking up".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-lose-control-r134228 Allmusic Review] accessed May 16, 2011
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 2nd|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 1994|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0-14-017949-6|pages = 7}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Don Pullen except where noted.
- "Autumn Song" (George Adams) – 8:57
- "Don't Lose Control" (Adams) – 5:33
- "Remember?" – 5:00
- "Double Arc Jake" – 15:47
- "Places & Faces" (Adams) – 3:30
- Recorded at Theatro Ciak in Milano, Italy on November 2 & 3, 1979
Personnel
- Don Pullen – piano, vocals
- George Adams – tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
- Cameron Brown – bass
- Dannie Richmond – drums
References
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Category:Black Saint/Soul Note live albums
Category:Don Pullen live albums