He’s made only a handful of recordings under his own name, but trumpeter Hugh Ragin has been a forceful presence in American free jazz for nearly four decades, among other things as a trusted sideman to David Murray. The Texas native’s last album, 2004’s Revelation (Justin Time), is a deeply satisfying inside-out quartet recording propelled by the elastic rhythm section of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake, Israeli reedist Assif Tsahar sharing the front line with Ragin.…
He’s made only a handful of recordings under his own name, but trumpeter Hugh Ragin has been a forceful presence in American free jazz for nearly four decades, among other things as a trusted sideman to David Murray. The Texas native’s last album, 2004’s Revelation (Justin Time), is a deeply satisfying inside-out quartet recording propelled by the elastic rhythm section of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake, Israeli reedist Assif Tsahar sharing the front line with Ragin.…