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| The Time Is Now! - Tribe Records, Vol. 6 |
| Phil Ranelin |
| első megjelenés éve: 2001 |
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| (2001)
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| 1. | The Time Is Now for Change
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| 2. | Time Is Running Out
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| 3. | Of Times Gone By
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| 4. | Black Destiny
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| 5. | 13th and Senate
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| 6. | He the One We All Knew, Pt. 1
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| 7. | The Time Is Now for Change [*][Outtake]
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| 8. | Time Is Running Out [*][Outtake]
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| 9. | He the One We All Knew [*][Outtake]
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Jazz
Phil Ranelin
Bill Turner - Cover Art, Design, Drums, Percussion
Reginald Fields - Bass
Carolyn Crawford - Layout Design, Typesetting
Phil Ranelin's first record as a leader is worlds away from his later 1976 offering, Vibes From the Tribe. The Time Is Now is a vanguard jazz record, full of the spirit, determination, and innovation inspired by John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp. Recorded in 1973 and 1974 and released at the end of 1974, the set shows Ranelin to be an imposing composer and frightfully good trombonist. The original album contained six compositions that are a deep musical brew of avant-garde improvisation, hard bop jazz esthetics, and soulful melodic ideas that were superimposed as a jump off point for both harmonic and rhythmic (read: Latin) invention. The stamp of Detroit is all over this thing. Tracks like the title and "Black Destiny" reflect the anger and vision of the era, while moving it all in a positive musical direction. Soloists on the set include the rest of the Tribe collective -- Marcus Belgrave and Wendell Harrison -- as well as local players who deserved far more than they received in terms of national recognitions: bassist Reggie "Shoo-Be Doo" Fields, trumpeter Charles Moore, pianist Keith Vreeland, drummer Bill Turner, and others including Ranelin himself. The arrangements on The Time Is Now were ahead of their time, clustering a rhythm section as part of the horn's front line ("13th and Senate" and the title track) and a stylistic angularity that reflected both musical history and futurism in jazz and R&B ("Time Is Running Out" and "Times Gone By"). Tortoise drummer and mastermind has remixed and remastered the entire album (and added three bonus tracks). Its sound and fidelity have changed substantially, but not the spirit or the letter of the music -- a remarkable achievement. The Time Is Now is a must for any vanguard jazz aficionado or anyone interested in the strange, rhythm-oriented evolution of Detroit music.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Phil Ranelin
Active Decade: '70s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Funk, Free Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop, Soul-Jazz
Trombonist Phil Ranelin was one of the Detroit jazz scene's unsung heroes, releasing several excellent, politicized albums that blended post-Coltrane avant-garde jazz, post-Bitches Brew psychedelia, hard bop, funk, and African rhythms. Ranelin was born and raised in Indianapolis, and later moved to New York and then Detroit, where he started out as a session man for Motown artists like Stevie Wonder. In 1971, along with saxophonist Wendell Harrison, Ranelin co-founded a band, magazine, and record label conglomeration known as the Tribe, which used experimental jazz as a vehicle to raise African-American political consciousness. That year, Ranelin also issued his first album as a leader, Message From the Tribe. 1974's The Time Is Now! continued Ranelin's accessible avant leanings, but 1976's Vibes From the Tribe pushed more firmly into groovy jazz-funk territory. The Tribe organization folded in 1978, after which Ranelin played with Freddie Hubbard for several years. In 1986, Ranelin led a date for Rebirth titled Love Dream, and ten years later released the self-produced album A Close Encounter of the Very Best Kind -- which featured his new Los Angeles-based sextet -- on Lifeforce. Though Ranelin's albums didn't get much exposure outside of his home base, they found their way onto the acid jazzrare-groove collector's market, creating an underground buzz around Ranelin's music. In 2001, Tortoise drummer John McEntire remixed and remastered The Time Is Now! and Vibes From the Tribe, which were reissued by the Hefty label. The following year, a full-fledged electronic Remixes collection was released.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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