Don Gabriel Pullen (December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995 Roanoke, VA) was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed pieces ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz. The great variety of his body of work makes it difficult to pigeonhole his musical style.

In 1964, he went to Chicago, Illinois, for a few weeks, where he encountered Muhal Richard Abrams‘ philosophy of making music. He then headed for New York, where he was soon introduced to avant-garde saxophonist Giuseppi Logan, who invited Pullen to play piano on his two albums, Giuseppi Logan(ESP, October 1964) and More (ESP, May 1965), both exercises in structured free playing.

Subsequently, Pullen and Milford Graves formed a duo. Their concert at Yale University in May 1966 was recorded. They formed their own independent SRP record label (standing for “Self Reliance Project”) to publish the result as two LPs. These were the first records to bear Pullen’s name, second to Graves’. Although not greatly known in the United States, these avant-garde albums were well received in Europe, most copies being sold there. In 2020, Corbett vs. Dempsey released the contents of both albums on a CD titled The Complete Yale Concert, 1966.