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Power Play

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: K.D.'s Blues; Drumheller Valley; Two-Line Pass; My One And Only Love; The Good Shepherd; Bella Firenze; Jessica; Walleye Jigging; A Solar Romance.

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Ralph Bowen: Power Play

Read "Power Play" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 21, 2011

With over 20 years experience as a recording artist and composer, saxophonist Ralph Bowen has a mastery of straight-ahead jazz that is immediately apparent on Power Play, his third album for the Posi-Tone label. Bowen's first two Posi-Tone releases, 2009's Dedicated and 2010's Due Reverence were quintet recordings. For Power Play, he trims down to an ...

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Ralph Bowen: Power Play

Read "Power Play" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 16, 2011

The inscription on saxophonist Ralph Bowen's business card probably should read “solid citizen," because his post-bop jazz conception has always been steadfast and dependable. With Power Play, he only adds to his stalwart reputation. Together with bassist Kenny Davis, Bowen was picked, in the mid-1980s, to spearhead the return of Blue Note Records in ...

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Ralph Bowen: Power Play

Read "Power Play" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 7, 2011

Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has always been an original, despite being tagged as one of the neo-traditionalist young lions of the '80s. A quarter century has gone by since Bowen came to semi-prominence as a member of Out Of The Blue, yet this mega-talent still manages to fly just under the radar, despite impressive dates like this ...

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