RALPH ROSEN
''NO SECRETS''
JUNE 22 2007
58:05
1/Endurance/3:58
2/Blue Ginger/7:38
3/Deep Green/5:29
4/Mr. Malochis/5:38
5/Pulp/4:23
6/Stuff/7:23
7/The Ride Home/4:49
8/Lament/7:21
9/Just an Expression/5:29
10/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/5:57
REVIEW
By Ralph Rosen
I have always had a fondness for the Hammond B-3 Organ in combination with the Leslie rotating speaker. Since the instrument has enjoyed a well-desereved revival, I've had the great pleasure of working with some talented organists, especially Bruce Katz, in whose band I have gladly played for ten years plus. For this, my second album, I decided to c reate a personal expression based on, but not really sounding like, the established jazz organ combo. Naturally this would involve composing original material that would create a challenging environment in which the organ would function. The tradition is there but we as a band cannot "lean" on it. In addition I also came up with three non-original pieces that I knew would work- Miles Davis's seldom played "Stuff", Bruce Katz's tune "Just An Expression" and the gospel hymn, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", all rearrangerd for this project.
BIO
Ralph Rosen is an exciting, eclectic, and energetic musician. Full of vitality and full-range creativity, his music offers something for everyone. Ralph is a composer's composer, and plays Drums, Mixed Percussion, and Harmonica in Blues, Jazz, and Experimental styles.
Appealing to the average listener and the most discriminating afficionado alike.
***
Performer, teacher, composer and arranger Ralph Rosen began playing drums in 1964 in rock and soul bands in and around Hartford, CT. He earned a degree in Music Education from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Performance from Boston University in 1978.
Since then, he has performed widely with prominent blues artists - from the legendary Bo Diddley, Albert King, Al Kooper, Jimmy Vivino and Joe Beard to regional notables Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Michelle Willson and Stovall Brown. His lengthy jazz career includes performances with Bud Johnson, Norris Tunney, Billy Mitchell, Hale Smith, Gray Sargent, Wayne Krantz, George Garzone, Bill Frisell, Billy Pierce, Dave McKenna, David "Fathead" Newman, Rebecca Paris and John Medeski.
He now performs internationally with the Bruce Katz Band with whom he has recorded 3 CDs. He also composes and arranges his own work, performed by ensembles in the Boston metro area, and has recorded and produced a CD, So Taken. His second CD, No Secrets has just been released and is garnering wonderful reviews! As one jazz critic describes it, Rosen's work is "expansive and architectonic" and "a soul-scrubbing, hallowing experience."
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''NO SECRETS''
JUNE 22 2007
58:05
1/Endurance/3:58
2/Blue Ginger/7:38
3/Deep Green/5:29
4/Mr. Malochis/5:38
5/Pulp/4:23
6/Stuff/7:23
7/The Ride Home/4:49
8/Lament/7:21
9/Just an Expression/5:29
10/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/5:57
REVIEW
By Ralph Rosen
I have always had a fondness for the Hammond B-3 Organ in combination with the Leslie rotating speaker. Since the instrument has enjoyed a well-desereved revival, I've had the great pleasure of working with some talented organists, especially Bruce Katz, in whose band I have gladly played for ten years plus. For this, my second album, I decided to c reate a personal expression based on, but not really sounding like, the established jazz organ combo. Naturally this would involve composing original material that would create a challenging environment in which the organ would function. The tradition is there but we as a band cannot "lean" on it. In addition I also came up with three non-original pieces that I knew would work- Miles Davis's seldom played "Stuff", Bruce Katz's tune "Just An Expression" and the gospel hymn, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", all rearrangerd for this project.
BIO
Ralph Rosen is an exciting, eclectic, and energetic musician. Full of vitality and full-range creativity, his music offers something for everyone. Ralph is a composer's composer, and plays Drums, Mixed Percussion, and Harmonica in Blues, Jazz, and Experimental styles.
Appealing to the average listener and the most discriminating afficionado alike.
***
Performer, teacher, composer and arranger Ralph Rosen began playing drums in 1964 in rock and soul bands in and around Hartford, CT. He earned a degree in Music Education from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Performance from Boston University in 1978.
Since then, he has performed widely with prominent blues artists - from the legendary Bo Diddley, Albert King, Al Kooper, Jimmy Vivino and Joe Beard to regional notables Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Michelle Willson and Stovall Brown. His lengthy jazz career includes performances with Bud Johnson, Norris Tunney, Billy Mitchell, Hale Smith, Gray Sargent, Wayne Krantz, George Garzone, Bill Frisell, Billy Pierce, Dave McKenna, David "Fathead" Newman, Rebecca Paris and John Medeski.
He now performs internationally with the Bruce Katz Band with whom he has recorded 3 CDs. He also composes and arranges his own work, performed by ensembles in the Boston metro area, and has recorded and produced a CD, So Taken. His second CD, No Secrets has just been released and is garnering wonderful reviews! As one jazz critic describes it, Rosen's work is "expansive and architectonic" and "a soul-scrubbing, hallowing experience."
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