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Gallery
Studio album by
Hugh Ragin and Marc Sabatella
Released1999
RecordedJune 23, 1998
StudioDunn Hall, Potsdam, New York
GenreFree jazz
Length1:04:17
LabelCIMP
177
Hugh Ragin chronology
An Afternoon in Harlem
(1999) 		Gallery
(1999) 		Back to Saturn
(2000)

Gallery is an album by trumpeter Hugh Ragin and pianist Marc Sabatella. It was recorded on June 23, 1998, at Dunn Hall in Potsdam, New York, and was released in 1999 by the CIMP label.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]

In a review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote: "What is so attractive about this recording is the opportunity it offers to hear both musicians at length, occasionally sparring, but more often working hand-in-glove to produce some surprisingly lyrical gems. Ragin's roots are clearly in the tradition.... Together, they produce some beautiful sounds."[1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "rugged stuff, bluntly recorded."[5]

Bill Shoemaker of JazzTimes commented: "There is a languid beauty to the music even when the material is built upon jagged contours, and there is a translucency to Ragin and Sabatella's exchanges even when the temperature of the music occasionally spikes; credit Ragin's ability to make any line sing, and Sabatella's sensitivity in curling around Ragin's statements." He also praised CIMP's live to two-track recording technique, which allows "Ragin's clarion horn to meld with a very full piano sound."[8]

Track listing

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  1. "Gallery" (Marc Sabatella) – 20:14
  2. "Feel the Sunshine" (Hugh Ragin) – 24:23
  3. "Harmonic Architecture" (Hugh Ragin) – 19:36

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Loewy, Steve. "Hugh Ragin: Gallery". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hugh Ragin & Marc Sabatella / Gallery". ArtistInfo. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hugh Ragin discography". JazzLists. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "CIMP discography: main series: 101-199". JazzLists. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1088.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 720.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 742.
  8. ^ Shoemaker, Bill (September 1, 1999). "Hugh Ragin/Marc Sabatella: Gallery". JazzTimes. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
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