City Gates (album)

City Gates is an album by the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet recorded in 1983 for the Dutch Timeless label.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There By 1983, the quartet was at a musical peak, and this may be their best recording. Everything gels: The choice of tunes, the solos, and the arrangements all come together to produce one of the leading post-bop albums of the 1980s".

Track listing

 * All compositions by Don Pullen except as indicated


 * 1) "Mingus Metamorphosis" (George Adams) 13:20
 * 2) "Samba For Now" – 8:31
 * 3) "Thank You Very Much Mr. Monk" – 7:57
 * 4) "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional, arranged Adams, Pullen) – 5:18
 * 5) "City Gates" (Adams) – 7:56
 * Recorded in Munster, Holland on March 27 & 28, 1983

Personnel

 * Don Pullen – piano
 * George Adams – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Cameron Brown – bass
 * Dannie Richmond – drums