Phil Ranelin

Phil Ranelin (b. Indianapolis, May 25, 1939 - ) – Trombone player. Part of the Indiana Avenue crowd of Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Pookie Johnson, Jimmy Coe and others, Ranelin has distinguished himself as a leading jazz musician in Detroit and Los Angeles, his home since 1977. Over the years, he has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Kool Jazz, Indiana Black Expo, Vera Cruz Muestra International Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Atlantic City Jazz Festival, Montreux Detroit, the Newport and Playboy Jazz Festivals, Jazz At Drew, USC Spectrum LA Jazz, UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival, The Indy Jazz Fest and the Inaugural Indianapolis Jazz Community Festival. Known for his work as a sideman on trombone with several of Freddie Hubbard’s commercial jazz albums, Ranelin has also released several CDs of his own groups, and his A Close Encounter of the Very Best Kind ranked No. 10 in Billboard’s CD reviews of 2003.