Live In Los Angeles: 1978-1981

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"The Found Tapes: Live in Los Angeles" is a four-LP box set from Tribe Records co-founder Phil Ranelin, celebrating three concerts performed at Los Angeles clubs between 1978 and 1981, which remain particularly significant for this visionary trombonist. Accompanied by a young Billy Childs on piano, Ralph Penland on drums, and Tony Dumas on bass, Ranelin was at the peak of his artistry, both as a musician and a bandleader. This includes a memorable concert at the now-closed Maiden Voyage venue in Los Angeles on July 19, 1981, presented in its entirety in this box set. The audio has been restored from previously unreleased, decades-old cassette tapes. A trombone master in the lineage of J.J. Johnson, Ranelin's career spans over five decades, with eleven solo albums, four as a sideman for Freddie Hubbard, recording sessions for Motown, and collaborations with artists as diverse as Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Telefon Tel Aviv.