Live at the Village Vanguard (George Adams & Don Pullen album)

For similarly titled albums, see Live at the Village Vanguard.

Live at the Village Vanguard
Live album by George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet
Released	1983
Recorded	August 19, 1983
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:45
Label	Soul Note
Don Pullen chronology
City Gates (1983) Live at the Village Vanguard (1983) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1983)
George Adams chronology
City Gates (1983) Live at the Village Vanguard (1983) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1983)

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

Reception

The Allmusic review by Dan Warburton said, "Live at the Village Vanguard finds four extraordinary musicians at the peak of their careers... as a document of how one of the great working units of modern jazz sounded live in one of the music's mythical venues, Live at the Village Vanguard needs some beating." ^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars saying, "The Village Vanguard sets are a bit ramshackle (compare the live version of "Thank You Very Much, Mr Monk" with the one on the deleted City Gates ) and much of the interest now lies in hearing how much Adams anticipates what David Murray was going to be doing (sambas, spirituals) at the end of the decade." ^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

1. "The Necessary Blues (Thank You Very Much, Mr Monk)" (Don Pullen) – 13:15
2. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 15:00
3. "Intentions" (George Adams) – 13:00
4. "Diane" (Charles Mingus) – 14:30

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

Personnel

• Don Pullen – piano
• George Adams – tenor saxophone
• Cameron Brown – double bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

References

1. Don Pullen discography accessed May 18, 2011
2. Warburton, D. " Adams/Pullen Quartet -Live at the Village Vanguard, Allmusic. Retrieved May 18, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp.  8. ISBN   978-0-141-02327-4.