Soul Proprietor [Import]

Ralph Bowen

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Criss Cross
• ASIN: B0000636B0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #265,364 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding players, April 27, 2002

By	Anders Jonasson (Bankeryd Sweden) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My very first reaction when listening was ..1)Sam Yahel has reached an impressive level as a hammond B3 player..his left hand bass playing is fantastic...and his playing on this CD show us another direction for how the B 3 could be handled.2)The general playing by the musicians are perhaps stronger than the songs.
Ralph Bowen is a tenor sax player from Philly that played a lot with the late Shirley Scott as well as with Trudy Pitts,, he also played for some time with Horace Silver.Bowen says that he has several influences like Coltrane.Rollins and Canonball.. this makes him a complete sax player... at times he plays very sweet and beautifu and his solos can not leave anyone untouched that has the patience to listen Swana plays his bebop chops with great focus on melody and swing..Bernstein is pretty much in the background but when soloing his is a as always outstanding...and Brian Blade must be one of the best young drummers out there.
Highlights are the title track "Soul Proprietor" by Bowen and another Bowen original called "The First Stone"