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