Search - Phil Ranelin :: Living a New Day

"Beautiful stuff, and it's good to know that Ranelin is still at work even now. Essential." -- BBC "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 Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver, Eric Dolphy, and of course, Coltrane." -- All About Jazz "Phil Ranelin was responsible for some of the deepest and funkiest jazz of the seventies ... this radical trombonist shows his inspiration is still alive whilst blowing as hard as he did when Vibes from the Tribe first dropped back in 1975." -- Straight No Chaser "Ranelin is an unsung trombone hero." -- XLR8R Jazz legend and Tribe Records founder Phil Ranelin delivers his second release on Wide Hive Records. Titled Living a New Day, the album is his first solo effort since a near-fatal car accident in November 2005. He is joined by Donald "Duck" Bailey, known for his drumming with Jimmy Smith; Roger Glenn, who has toured with the likes of Mongo Santamaria; Dave Matthews, currently touring with Etta James; well-known drummer and bandleader Josh Jones; label mate Calvin Keys, known for playing with Ray Charles and Ahmad Jamal; and profoundly talented bassist and Wide Hive player Matt Montgomery. Living a New Day was recorded and produced by Gregory Howe in Berkeley, California.