Ralph Peterson, Jazz Drummer

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Released May 21, 2021
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Raise Up Off Me


1. Raise Up Off Me
2. The Right To live
3. Four Play
4. I Want To Be There For You
5. Bouncing With Bud
6. Blue Hughes
7. Tears I Can Not Hide
8. Naima’s Love Song
9. Jodi
10. Fantasia Brazil
11. Shorties Portion
12. Raise Up Off Me Too!
13. Please Do Something

Featuring:
Ralph Peterson – drums, trumpet, percussion
Zaccai Curtis – piano, keyboard
Luques Curtis – bass
Jazzmeia Horn – vocals (7, 8, 13 on digital/LP)
Eguie Castrillo – percussion (6)

Master drummer Ralph Peterson continues to advance the continuum of his late mentor Art Blakey on Onward & Upward, his ambitious and expansive 25th release as a leader. On this historical release, Peterson brings together 14 former Jazz Messengers and three Legacy Messengers to write a new page in The Jazz Messenger songbook.

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Released September 18, 2020

Onward & Upward


1. Forth And Back
2. Sonora
3. Onward And Upward
4. Waltz For Etienne and Ebony
5. Red Black and Green Blues
6. Un Poco Haina
7. Sudan Blue
8. Portrait Of Lord Willis
9. Tricks OF The Trade
10. El Grito
11. Along Came Benny

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Listen Up!


1. Arabia
2. Acceptance
3. Time Will Tell
4. Skylark
5. Down Under
6. Sweet N' Sour
7. This Is For Albert
8. InCase You Missed It
9. Art of War

Aggregate Prime

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Aggregate Prime - Inward Venture


1. Gazzelloni
2. I Hear A Rhaposody
3. Soweto 6
4. Venture Inward
5. MOM
6. L's Bop

Legacy Alive

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Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy: Legacy Alive Vol. 6


1. A La Mode
2. Wheel Within A Wheel
3. The Core
4. My One and Only Love
5. 3 Blind Mice
6. Blues March
7. In Case You Missed It
8. Along Came Betty
9. Children of The Night
10. That Old Feeling
11. Caravan

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I Remember Bu


1. Uranus
2. Pensativa
3. Free For All
4. I Remember Bu
5. New York
6. Egyptian Dune Dance
7. Little Man
8. For Paul
9. Ms BC

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Dream Deferred


1. Aggregate Prime - Iron MAn
2. Emmanuel The Redeemer
3. Dream Deferred
4. Aggregate Prime - Monief Redux
5. Aggregate Prime - Father Spirit
6. Aggregate Prime - Fearless
7. Strongest Sword/Hottest Fire
8. Aggregate Prime - Queen Tiye
9. Aggregate Prime - Who's In Control

Triangular III

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Triangular III


1. Beatrice
2. Inner Urge
3. Backgammon
4. Manifesty Destiny
5. Skylark
6. 400 Years Ago Tomorrow
7. The Art Of War
8. Moments
9. Blues For Chooch

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ALIVE Vol II Fo' n Mo


1. Humpty Dumpty
2. The Lady In Black
3. The Tears I Cannot Hide
4. Celia
5. Chelsea Bridge
6. Overjoyed
7. Surrender
8. Skippy

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ALIVE Volume I


1. Minor League
2. Sonora
3. Second Thoughts
4. Old Folks
5. Lexi Song
6. Moontrane
7. Out Trance

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The Duality Perspective


1. One False Move
2. 4 in 1
3. Addison and Anthony
4. Princess
5. Comin' Home
6. Impervious Gems
7. The Duality Perspective
8. You Have Know Idea
9. Pinnacle

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Outer Reaches


1. The Moontrane
2. Monks Dream
3. Outer Reaches
4. Katrina Ballerina
5. Beyond All Limits
6. On My Side
7. An Inside Job
8. Beyond My Wildest Dreams
9. Ritha
10. Zoltan
11. We 3 Kings
12. Spectrum

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