Breakthru (Ran Blake album)

Breakthru
Studio album by Ran Blake
Released	1976
Recorded	December 2 & 5, 1975 Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:43
Label	Improvising Artists IAI 373842
Producer	Paul Bley
Ran Blake chronology
The Blue Potato and Other Outrages... (1969) Breakthru (1976) Wende (1977)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 Bergman, 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

• Ran Blake – piano

References

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