Late Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Ever wonder what Bitches Brew might have sounded like with Curtis Fuller (or Grachan Moncur) aboard? What In A Silent Way might have sounded like with Eric Dolphy aboard? Or both sessions with a heavier sense of swing (and one track featuring a "gut-bucket" blues)? This is an approximation of what Phil Ranelin's The Time is Now! is like. Ranelin is surely his own man on trombone — not really like Fuller or Moncur, but somewhere between these two planes. As far as the Dolphy reference, the alto player Haroum El Nil (only on one track) makes for an interesting collision of styles. The personel, usually a septet, looks like this: Phil Ranelin: trombone Wendell Harrison: tenor saxophone (a fine Coltrane/Ayler influenced player) Marcus Belgrave: flugelhorn Keith Vreeland: electric piano John Dana: bass Bili Turner: drums George Davidson: drums with guests: Haroum El Nil: alto saxophone Charles Moore: trumpet Reginald Fields: electric bass This album, reissued by Hefty Records, was originally on Tribe, and is a legitimate release (unlike other Tribe reissues), with new notes by Ranelin himself. Additionally, the remastering uses HDCD encoding, and sounds great. One to check out! I'm sure others here have heard this album. Impressions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 This is an interesting album. . . I haven't heard it enough to really give to great an impression. I was most reminded of Sun Ra actually, and I like it, and this is a good reminder to pull it out and spin it again soon! I'm always reminded of how good a player Belgrave is whenever i hear him. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Late, This is a great recording. Phil's a very cool guy, I've met him a few times and have photographed him on several occasions. I would certainly recommend all of his recordings, very underrated in my opinion. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted October 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 Just listened to this again today, as well as to Vibes from the Tribe, which, for some reason, doesn't strike me as half as good as The Time is Now!. Marcus Belgrave can really rip it up when he wants too. Has his album on Tribe ever been reissued on compact disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 A new anthology, highly recommended for any Ranelin fans out there: Phil Ranelin: Collected Works 2003-2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Looking forward to picking up that one in my next importcds batch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Listening to 'Collected Works'. Excellent and a good introduction to someone I seem to have ignored, my loss there until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 9 hours ago, mjazzg said: Listening to 'Collected Works'. Excellent and a good introduction to someone I seem to have ignored, my loss there until now. I have all but one of Ranelin's post-1995 leader-dates on CD (~5 discs, iirc), and they're all uniformly outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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