FIVE

$20.21
Label
CRISS CROSS
Release Date
May 20, 2008
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      BOWEN, RALPH
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 20, 2008
    • UPC
      8712474130528
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSS1305.2
    • LABEL
      CRISS CROSS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Step Lightly

      Composer: Joe Henderson

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    2. Baby Girl

      Composer: Ralph Bowen

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    3. First Hiatus

      Composer: Ralph Bowen

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    4. Free Time

      Composer: Ralph Bowen

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    5. Blues Cruz

      Composer: Ralph Bowen

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    6. Drowning Man

      Composer: Bono

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall

    7. Rahsaan's Run

      Composer: Woody Shaw

      Performer: Ralph Bowen, John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Sam Yahel, Dana Hall


For Ralph Bowen's fourth date he returns to the organ combo format that made 2002's Soul Proprietor a significant departure and to the tenor saxophonist's catalog. Returning from that session are trumpeter John Swana, organist Sam Yahel, guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Dana Hall. Bowen's muse is an advanced take on the freewheeling implications of John Coltrane's pioneering vernacular. He tackles the framework of the organ group with a fresh outlook that has more to do with the late 60s work of Larry Young than the approach of Jimmy Smith. In addition to the four of his own originals, Bowen puts a new spin on Woody Shaw's "Rahsaan's Run", Joe Henderson's "Step Lightly", and U2's "Drowning Man".