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Ravi Coltrane: From The Round Box
by Jim Santella
With his forward-looking quintet, Ravi Coltrane explores acoustic jazz that is rich in overtones, characterized by lush harmony and centered on lyricism. Trumpeter Ralph Alessi shares the front line position alongside Coltrane; half the numbers are their originals. Favoring a Third Stream approach over swingers or fiery emotion, the quintet mellows some in both scope and ...
Ravi Coltrane: From the Round Box
by David Adler
The fact that he is John Coltrane’s son is really quite incidental to Ravi Coltrane’s work, as From the Round Box, his sophomore outing as a leader, makes clear. Coltrane the younger’s writing and bandleading are quite advanced. His saxophone playing falls solidly within the post-bop mainstream and isn’t earth-shattering, but as an expressive tool and ...
Ravi Coltrane: From the Round Box
by David Adler
The fact that he is John Coltrane’s son is really quite incidental to Ravi Coltrane’s work, as From the Round Box, his sophomore outing as a leader, makes clear. Coltrane the younger’s writing and bandleading are quite advanced. His saxophone playing falls solidly within the post-bop mainstream and isn’t earth-shattering, but as an expressive tool and ...
Ravi Coltrane: Moving Pictures
by AAJ Staff
Ed Walsh, Jr. was a baseball pitcher of little renown, the son of a beloved Hall of Famer. Ed, Jr. said something to the effect of It's a curse to be the son of a great man." If that is true, than Ravi Coltrane labors under the greatest curse of all. He will be blasted if ...
Ravi Coltrane: Moving Pictures
by Jim Santella
With Michael Cain at the piano, Lonnie Plaxico on the acoustic bass, and Jeff Tain" Watts at the drum set, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane makes his recording debut as a leader. From the modern mainstream with each composition the leader's, this session combines ballads and up-tempo romps with a fair amount of rhythmic vivacity. Coltrane plays soprano ...