Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Luis Perdomo, Drew Gress, EJ Strickland) - Jazzfestival Viersen 2005 [2007, Contemporary Jazz, SATRip]

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1987 COLTRANE LEGACY - Jazz Jamboree
2005 RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET - Viersen
2008 JOE LOVANO "Sax Summit" feat. RAVI COLTRANE & DAVE LIEBMAN - jazz baltica
2012 RAVI COLTRANE NEW QUARTET - Jazzdor

2005 RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET - Viersen
2009 CLAUDIA QUINTET feat. JOHN HOLLENBECK - jazz baltica

1999 HABANA SAX
2005 RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET
2006 PETER HERBOLZHEIMER RHYTHM COMBINATION & BRASS
2006 WDR BIG BAND "Maria's Masterpieces"
2007 ADAM NUSSBAUM & BANN / McCOY TYNER TRIO feat. GARY BARTZ
2007 MARTIAL SOLAL TRIO / MIKE MAINIERI & NORTHERN LIGHTS
2008 NDR BIGBAND feat. NILS LANDGREN, SUSI HYLDGAARD
2008 RIGMOR GUSTAFSSON / EDDIE GOMEZ TRIO
2008 THE COOKERS
2009 WDR BIG BAND "Celebrating Billie Holiday"
2009 KYLE EASTWOOD
2009 TILL BRÖNNER
2009 HABANA SAX
2009 OREGON

RAVI COLTRANE "In Flux" © 2005, Columbia
On his fourth studio effort, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane charts a softly expansive, reverently adventurous course that by no means shatters expectations, but never fails to impress. Quietly plugging away at his career, never exploiting his family name and focusing exclusively on deeply intellectual, harmonically complex post-bop, the least you can feel when listening to Coltrane is respect. He's not the "edgiest" player you'll hear, but such tracks as "Variations III" and "Scram Vamp" find Coltrane delving headlong into bumptious, sometimes "skronky" rubato pieces that flirt with free jazz. The sound is reminiscent of early Branford Marsalis whose soprano sax sound also comes to mind on the playful "Coincide." Other tracks such as the romantic and moody "Away" find Coltrane ruminating on his most direct influences, the dusky Joe Henderson and the cerebral Wayne Shorter. Having deftly avoided comparisons to his iconic father in the past, it is pleasing to hear some deeply spiritual cues in his direction as on the expansive opening cut "The Message" in which Coltrane's delicate sax arpeggios recall A Love Supreme. While Coltrane's tenor takes centerstage, the overall concept on In Flux is a group aesthetic that gains strength from the sensitive interplay between pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Drew Gress and drummer E.J. Strickland.
Matt Collar ~ AMG