{"id":728,"date":"2011-12-28T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T18:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=728"},"modified":"2011-12-28T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T18:13:10","slug":"inside-outside-and-beyond-jazz-heroes-sam-rivers-don-pullen-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/12\/inside-outside-and-beyond-jazz-heroes-sam-rivers-don-pullen-together.html","title":{"rendered":"Inside, outside and beyond jazz heroes Sam Rivers & Don Pullen together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Rivers and Don Pullen performed together — I had completely forgotten. “Capricorn Rising<\/a>” is an 11-minute almost entirely duet track from a 1975 album<\/a> of the same name. And in\u00c2\u00a0the ensemble Roots the two were joined by saxophonists Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman and Nathan Davis, bassist Santi Debriano and drummer Idris Muhammad, recording the album Stablemates<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>and captured on video, playing “Lester Leaps In” — perfect example of stretching “jazz” while honoring it (name those quotes and allusions!).<\/p>\n

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Sam Rivers and Don Pullen performed together — I had completely forgotten. “Capricorn Rising” is an 11-minute almost entirely duet track from a 1975 album of the same name. And in\u00c2\u00a0the ensemble Roots the two were joined by saxophonists Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman and Nathan Davis, bassist Santi Debriano and drummer Idris Muhammad, recording the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-bK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":721,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/12\/721.html","url_meta":{"origin":728,"position":0},"title":"Don Pullen, late pianist with an arts exhibit tribute","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"December 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"December 26 is a birthday I share with some great musicians -- John Scofield and the late Quinn Wilson, for two. 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