Released 1969 The Blue Potato and Other Outrages...
(1969) Breakthru
(1976) Release date 1969 Label Goldenlane Records | Length 39:14 Artist Ran Blake Producer Orrin Keepnews Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded April 9 & 10, 1969
Stereo Sound Studios, New York City Similar The Newest Sound Ar, Epistrophy, Chabrol Noir, Suffield Gothic, Plays Solo Piano | ||
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.
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Reception
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".
Track listing
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
Songs
1Fables of Faubus3:30
2The Blue Potato2:38
3Stars Fell On Alabama2:18