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| Revelation |
| Hugh Ragin |
| első megjelenés éve: 2004 |
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| (2004)
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| 3.906 Ft
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| 1. | Restoration Intensive
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| 2. | Kamal's Gift
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| 3. | Revelation
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| 4. | The Battlefield
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| 5. | Skull Hill
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| 6. | Night Life
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| 7. | Wormwood
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| 8. | Speak to the Mountain
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| 9. | Next Time
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Jazz
Hugh Ragin - Piccolo Trumpet, Pocket Trumpet, Producer, Trumpet
Assif Tsahar - Clarinet (Bass), Musette, Producer, Sax (Tenor)
Hamid Drake - Drums, Percussion
William Parker - Bass, Musette, Pocket Trumpet
* Andrew Jones - Liner Notes
* Billy Szawlowski - Mastering
* Reid Morris - Design
A crucial element of free jazz that's difficult to explain to someone unfamiliar with and resistant to the concept is the fact that it's not just random honk-blat-phwee. At its best, free jazz doesn't just trash the rule book entirely; it merely expands the parameters of what a group of performers can do, especially with regard to rhythm. This makes the presence of a better than good rhythm section absolutely crucial to any free jazz combo; it's not a coincidence that Ornette Coleman's best records usually had Ed Blackwell or Elvin Jones on the drummer's throne. Although the front line of Hugh Ragin's trumpet and Assif Tsahar's reeds provides most of the excitement on Revelation, such as their remarkable unison riffs on the opening "Restoration Intensive" or Tsahar's beautifully controlled extended bass clarinet solo on the nearly 15-minute title track, it's the rhythm section of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake that underpins songs like the swinging "Kamal's Gift," where Drake embellishes Parker's downright funky bassline with tastefully ornamental cymbal flourishes and accents without ever committing the sin of overplaying. These nine composed pieces are handled with the complete self-assurance of seasoned improvisers, giving Revelation the combination of structure and flexibility that the best free jazz offers.
---Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Hugh Ragin
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
Best known for capably filling the problematic trumpet chair in saxophonist David Murray's various large ensembles, Hugh Ragin possesses the well-rounded technique and abundant imagination that his predecessors in those bands did not. A harmonically daring player, Ragin combines the clear, ringing tone of a classical trumpeter with the chops and rhythmic ingenuity of a top-notch bebopper. Ragin was raised in Houston, TX. He began playing trumpet in eighth grade, and shortly thereafter began taking private lessons. He started playing classical music, yet at the same time was drawn to jazz. Ragin received schoolboy honors in music (traveling to England and Wales with the Houston All-City High School Orchestra) then attended the University of Houston, where he received his bachelor's degree in music education. Trumpeter Donald Byrd influenced Ragin around this time. Ragin attended Colorado State University, receiving his master's in classical trumpet performance. In late 1978, he attended the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY, where he studied composition with Roscoe Mitchell. The following summer, he played the annual jazz festival in Moers, Germany, with the Roscoe MitchellLeo Smith Creative Orchestra. Later that year, he toured with Anthony Braxton. Since then, Ragin has periodically traveled to Europe to perform and teach. Ragin first met Murray in 1980; he toured with Maynard Ferguson throughout 1983. In 1985, Murray brought him to New York to play in his band. The two have been close musical associates ever since. Ragin has remained somewhat of a marginal figure, mostly due to the fact that he's lived in the middle of the U.S., away from the major jazz scenes on either coast. When he has led a recording session, it's been first class. On his 1999 album An Afternoon in Harlem (Justin Time), he's joined by Murray, drummer Andrew Cyrille, and pianist Craig Taborn. He followed with more releases for Justin Time: Fanfare & Fiesta in 2001 and Feel the Sunshine in 2002. Ragin has taught extensively, including a stint at Oberlin College in Ohio.
---Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide |
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