Jazz Articles about Phil Ranelin

Phil Ranelin: Inspiration

by Dan McClenaghan
August 14, 2004

Trombonist Phil Ranelin has worked sessions with Motown acts Stevie Wonder and the Temptations. That should be resume enough. If it isn't, he's also played with jazz men Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Raahsan Roland Kirk, and Grant Green, just to name a few. Inspiration finds the trombonist fronting a nonet with four multiple reedmen in the mix, on a spirited mainstream session that features four standout guest slots, most notably tenor sax man Pharoah Sanders on “This One's ...