KEEP THE CHANGE

BOWEN, RALPH
CRISS CROSS

Item Information Artists Name: BOWEN, RALPH Title: KEEP THE CHANGE Format: CD Label: CRISS CROSS City Hall Catalog Number:  1243 UPC Product Code: 8712474124329 List Price: 18.98 Musical Category:  JAZZ Release Date:  2/17/2004 Additional Musical Category Notes:   On his third session for the label since his Criss Cross debut in 1992, tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen takes a giant step forward with "Keep The Change," a bristling quintet date with trumpeter Ryan Kisor, pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. The mix of originals and a few well-chosen standards includes a new take on Bowen's signature tune, "Elevation." This is a burning neobop date.