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Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by Dan Bilawsky
Pinnacle is a testament to the trumpet prowess of the one and only Freddie Hubbard, but it's also a salute to the San Francisco-based jazz club that played host to Hubbard on numerous occasions. Todd Barkan's Keystone Korner was ground zero for some of the best live jazz on the West Coast during its eleven-year lifespan, ...
Mulatu Astatke: February 1, 2009
by Chris May
Mulatu AstatkeFebruary 1, 2009Mochilla2010 For the first 40 years of his professional life, composer and vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, remained practically unknown outside his own country. That changed in 2005, when his atmosphere-laden recordings were featured extensively on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch-directed movie ...
Tribe: Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976
by Chris May
If the 1960s was the decade of sexual liberation and psycho-pharmaceuticals, the 1970s was the decade of self-empowerment and community activism, and nowhere was this more true than in black America. Musicians were among the vanguard of the activists, forming collectives to increase their leverage within the “entertainment" industry and, through education projects, to strengthen their ...
Various Artists: Message from the Tribe - An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Various ArtistsMessage from the Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976Soul Jazz Records2010 “It seems to me that Black musicians are always on top of the issues." So wrote critic Betty L. Holloway in a mid-1970s number of Tribe magazine. It's easy to assume that Holloway meant the ...
Rebirth
By Phil Ranelin
Label:
Released: 2009
Track listing:
01. Living in a New Day; 02. Glue Fingers; 03. Denekas Chant; 04. Vibes From The Tribe; 05. Son of Tribe; 06. Jazz on the Run; 07. Ride;
08. Lesli; 09. 13th and Senate; 10. Where Am I (Featuring Joan Belgrave).
Tribe: Rebirth
by AAJ Italy Staff
A volte ritornano. O li fanno ritornare. I Tribe nascono nel 1971, collettivo nel cuore della Detroit nera, dell'urgenza che va oltre la musica, del jazz che cambia e che scende nella giungla urbana più elettrica e estatica che mai: protagonisti il trombone di Phil Ranelin [riscoperto qualche anno fa dall'etichetta Hefty con una manciata di ...
Inspiration
By Phil Ranelin
Label: Wide Hive Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Freddie's Groove, HT's Waltz, One for Johnson, This One's for Trane, Horace's Scope, Black on the Nu, Beyond Memory, Shades of Dolphy, Spirit of Dolphy, Shades of Dolphy (encore)
A Fireside Chat with Phil Ranelin
by AAJ Staff
Loyalty and Los Angeles are seldom companions. However, Phil Ranelin's loyalty to the City of Angels is not confined to a championship banner. His fidelity can be measured by his acute sense of brotherhood and community. Actively involved in contributing to the tradition, Ranelin's life mirrors his music, principled, cultivated, and perpetually progressive. All About Jazz: ...
Phil Ranelin: Inspiration
by John Kelman
While he started out as a Motown session player, trombonist Phil Ranelin left that behind in the '70s, instead pursuing a style that blended post-Coltrane post bop with Afro-Cuban rhythms and harmonies. With Inspiration , Ranelin delivers an album firmly planted in these traditions, paying tribute to a number of his influences and past collaborators, including ...
