Breakthru (Ran Blake album)

Breakthru is an album of solo piano performances by the American jazz pianist Ran Blake recorded in 1975 and released on the Improvising Artists label.[1]

Breakthru
Studio album by
Ran Blake
Released1976
RecordedDecember 2 & 5, 1975
Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length37:43
LabelImprovising Artists
IAI 373842
ProducerPaul Bley
Ran Blake chronology
The Blue Potato and Other Outrages...
(1969)		 Breakthru
(1976)		 Wende
(1977)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "Blake's emotional playing (which emphasizes the contrast between silence and explosive sounds) is both witty and unpredictable... Intriguing music".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Breakthru" (Ran Blake) - 1:35
  2. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 3:47
  3. "If Dreams Come True" (Benny Goodman Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 2:23
  4. "No Good Man" (Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop, Dan Fisher) - 3:00
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:28
  6. "Wish I Could Talk to You Baby" (Leon Sylvers III) - 4:58
  7. "Grey December" (Frank Campo) - 3:10
  8. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 2:00
  9. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 2:36
  10. "Manhattan Memories: Bird Blues" (Blake) - 1:10
  11. "Manhattan Memories: Bebopper" (George Gordon, Sonnie Leonard) - 1:45
  12. "Manhattan Memories: Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Ellington, Nick Kenny) - 1:10
  13. "All About Ronnie" (Joe Greene) - 2:30
  14. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 2:50
  15. "Parker's Mood" (Charlie Parker) - 3:41
  16. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 2:45

Personnel
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References
  1. Ran Blake discography accessed February 11, 2015
  2. Yanow, Scott. Ran Blake: Breakthru – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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