Milano Strut

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{{Infobox album

| name = Milano Strut

| type = Album

| artist = Don Pullen

| cover = Milano Strut.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded = December 1978

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:32

| label = Black Saint

| producer = Giacomo Pellicciotti

| chronology = Don Pullen

| prev_title = Warriors

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = The Magic Triangle

| next_year = 1979

}}

Milano Strut is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen featuring drummer/percussionist Don Moye, recorded in 1978 for the Italian Black Saint label.[http://www.donpullen.de/disco/index.htm Don Pullen discography] accessed May 6, 2011

Reception

The AllMusic review by Eugene Chadbourne deemed the album "a set of performances, each in the 10-minute range, that are among Pullen's finest work... The pianist unleashes the earthy, even raging power he absorbed from the Charles Mingus combo and also displays a kind of compositional memory for details and nuances that will prove to be important as each piece unfolds."Chadbourne, E. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/milano-strut-r152364/review AllMusic Review] accessed May 6, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1185}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Don Pullen

  1. "Conversation" - 9:10
  2. "Communication" - 10:38
  3. "Milano Strut" - 7:28
  4. "Curve Eleven (For Giuseppi)" - 13:16

:*Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy in December 1978

Personnel

References