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Hugh Ragin: Revelation
by John Kelman
While he has recorded less frequently as a leader than some his age, trumpeter High Ragin's career as a music educator in Denver, Colorado certainly hasn't prevented him from wider exposure with a variety of artists including Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray and, oddly enough, even Maynard Ferguson. But it is with the Creative Music Studio in ...
Hugh Ragin: Feel The Sunshine
by Jim Santella
Hugh Ragin's title track reminds us that music communicates expression. His passion shines through warmly. By adopting the classic jazz quintet format for his third Justin Time release, the trumpeter has retained a mainstream sensibility. However, his adventurous nature remains evident from start to finish. Standards and originals swing, while introducing flights of fancy throughout. The ...
Fanfare & Fiesta
By Hugh Ragin
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Finger Filibuster*, Fanfare & Fiesta, Spacemen*, Barnyard Scuffel Shuffel, How Strange, Harmonic Architecture, A Prayer For Lester Bowie, Emergency Exit
Hugh Ragin: Fanfare & Fiesta
by Jim Santella
Recorded last June, this session moves in three distinct directions. Two cameo appearances by Clark Terry invite a lighthearted swing element. The title track moves toward creative improvised music, and yet is still in line with the mainstream. The remainder of the album invites unpredictable behavior through composed counterpoint and exciting solo performances. Hugh Ragin, 50, ...
Hugh Ragin: Fanfare & Fiesta
by AAJ Staff
Until 1999, Hugh Ragin was vastly under-recorded. Appearing sporadically with David Murray, Anthony Braxton, D.D. Jackson or Roscoe Mitchell, Ragin inserted his individualistic style into his sounds, provoking an undercurrent of demand for more fully realized work. Justin Time followed up on Ragin's promise when it released An Afternoon In Harlem last year, a message-laden project ...
An Afternoon in Harlem
By Hugh Ragin
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: An Afternoon in Harlem, Not a Moment Too Soon, Braxton's Dues, The Moors of Spain, Wisdom and Overstanding, The Light at the End of the Underground Railroad, When Sun Ra Gets Blue.
Hugh Ragin: An Afternoon in Harlem
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter Hugh Ragin made this recording in late '98 in a (mostly) quartet format featuring pianist Craig Taborn, bassist Jaribu Shahid, and drummer Bruce Cox. The tunes, all Ragin originals, range from the sauntering bluesy strut of the title track to fast bebop to free jazz, concluding with a Sun Ra-inspired avant garde accompaniment to poetry ...
