More Funk

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More Funk
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Live album by
Released1980
RecordedNovember 3, 1979
Genre Jazz
Length51:37
Label Palcoscenico
Don Pullen chronology
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More Funk is a live album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen and saxophonist George Adams recorded in 1979 for the Italian Palcoscenico label. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Metamorphosis for Charles Mingus" (George Adams, Don Pullen, Dannie Richmond) - 15:12
  2. "So Nice" (Adams, Pullen) - 10:40
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Jr. Billie Holiday) - 15:30
  4. "Devil Blues" (Charles Mingus, George Adams, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown) - 10:15
  • Recorded at Ciak in Milano, Italy on November 3, 1979

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References

  1. Don Pullen discography accessed May 17, 2011