Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen

Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen is an album by David Murray, released on the Japanese DIW label.^[2][3] Recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, the album contains performances by Murray, pianist D.D. Jackson, bassist Santi Debriano, and drummer J. T. Lewis, in tribute to Don Pullen. The liner notes were penned by Jackson.^[4]

Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen
Studio album by David Murray
Released	1998
Recorded	30th September – 1st October, 1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:36
Label	DIW
Producer	Kazunori Sugiyama
David Murray chronology
Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (1996) Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen (1998) Fo Deuk Revue (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Critical reception

The Village Voice wrote that "despite some rousing passages, this is becalming and elegiac, a fitting companion to Pullen’s own Ode to Life."^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Pullen except where noted.

1. "Gratitude" – 7:52
2. "Resting on the Road" – 10:29
3. "Out of a Storm" (Jackson) – 8:38
4. "El Matador" – 4:32
5. "Easy Alice" (Jackson) – 8:10
6. "Long Goodbye" (Morris) – 8:00
7. "Common Ground" – 7:54

Personnel

• David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• D. D. Jackson – piano
• Santi Debriano – bass
• J. T. Lewis – drums

References

1. AllMusic Review accessed August 10, 2011
2. "David Murray Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. Giddins, Gary (October 14, 2004). Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530449-7 – via Google Books.
4. Jenkins, Todd S. (October 14, 2004). Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313333149 – via Google Books.
5. "The David Murray Guide". The Village Voice. May 30, 2006.