Back to Saturn explained

Back to Saturn
Type:album
Artist:Hugh Ragin Collective
Cover:Hugh_Ragin_Back_to_Saturn.jpg
Released:2000
Recorded:August 10 and 11, 1993
Studio:Eye in the Sky Sound, LaPorte, Colorado
Genre:Free jazz
Length:1:05:28
Label:Black Saint
120160-2
Producer:Flavio Bonandrini
Chronology:Hugh Ragin
Prev Title:Gallery
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Fanfare & Fiesta
Next Year:2001

Back to Saturn (Dedicated to the Memory of Sun Ra) is an album by trumpeter Hugh Ragin and his Collective, featuring vibraphonist Greg Carroll, pianist Marc Sabatella, bassist Erik Turkman, and drummer Scott Gordan. It was recorded on August 10 and 11, 1993, at Eye in the Sky Sound in LaPorte, Colorado, and was released in 2000 by the Black Saint label.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow noted that the album "progress[es] logically from the boppish 'Blue Honda a la Truck,' the grooving 'Fanfare and Fiesta,' and 'Bud-Like' to increasingly freer music before the spacy closer." He wrote: "Virtually every Hugh Ragin recording is well-worth exploring, and this one is no exception."

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album an "enjoyable set" and a "nice record," but noted that "Ragin's devotion to the music of Sun Ra... is more implicit than explicit."

Track listing

  1. "Blue Honda a la Truck" (Marc Sabatella) – 9:18
  2. "Fanfare and Fiesta" (Hugh Ragin) – 6:45
  3. "Bud-like" (Marc Sabatella) – 4:06
  4. "Song for the Old Country" (Don Pullen) – 8:15
  5. "Pictures" (Hugh Ragin) – 11:41
  6. "Hugh's Blues" (Hugh Ragin) – 7:24
  7. "Goblin Market" (Marc Sabatella) – 8:16
  8. "Back to Saturn" (Erik Turkman) – 9:43

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugh Ragin: Back to Saturn . Scott . Yanow . AllMusic . February 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: Hugh Ragin / Back to Saturn . ArtistInfo . February 5, 2023.
  3. Web site: Hugh Ragin discography . JazzLists . February 5, 2023.
  4. Web site: Black Saint Records main series discography . JazzLists . February 5, 2023.