The Blue Potato and Other Outrages...
| The Blue Potato and Other Outrages... | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | April 9 & 10, 1969 Stereo Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:14 | |||
| Label | Milestone MSP 9021 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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The Blue Potato and Other Outrages... is an album of solo piano performances by the American jazz pianist Ran Blake recorded in 1969 and released on the Milestone label.[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Scott Yanow in his review for AllMusic stated, "A very emotional improviser (whose unexpected explosions of sound sometimes punctuate otherwise introspective performances), Blake is a true original. This Milestone LP, only his third recording in eight years, shows Ran Blake really finding unusual things to say on a variety of standards... On this solo piano date, Blake makes political (if nonverbal) statements on many of these pieces, improvising off of the titles rather than the chord changes".[2]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Ran Blake except as indicated
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 3:47
- "Three Seeds (A Suite): Regis Debray/Che Guevara/Malcolm X" - 7:27
- "The Blue Potato" - 2:36
- "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 4:25
- "Fables of Faubus" (Charles Mingus) - 3:27
- "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 3:45
- "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hadjidakis) - 2:49
- "Soul On Ice" - 3:08
- "Vradiazi" - 3:17
- "Garvey`s Ghost" - 2:16
- "Bella Ciao" - 2:27
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) - 2:18
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ran Blake discography accessed February 11, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Ran Blake: The Blue Potato and Other Outrages – Review at AllMusic