Hilton Ruiz - The Collected Hilton Ruiz (1999)

01.West Side Blues 6:43

02.El Camino (The Road) 6:19

03.The Sidewinder 6:17

04.Goin' Back to New Orleans 10:44

05.Doin' It Right 6:16

06.Slip Slidin' Blues 3:37

07.Scottish Blues 5:43

08.Cuchi Cuchi 5:37

09.A Moment's Notice 8:53.

Robby Ameen - Drums

Steve Berrios - Percussion, Timbales

Don Cherry - Trumpet

George Coleman - Sax (Tenor)

Kenny Garrett - Sax (Alto)

Andy Gonzales - Bass

Dick Griffin - Trombone

Rodney Jones - Guitar

Daniel Ponce - Bongos, Conga

Sam Rivers - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)

Ruben Rodriquez - Bass

Jimmy Rowser - Bass

Hilton Ruiz - Piano

Mongo Santamaría - Conga

Joe Santiago - Bass

Lew Soloff -Trumpet

Dave Valentin - Flute.

Review
by John Bush
The Collected Hilton Ruiz features with few exceptions the best of the pianist's excellent period with Jive/BMG, including four albums recorded between 1988 and 1991. The music is vibrant, unrestrained Latin jazz with plenty of solid originals by Ruiz and great Latin spins on Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder" and John Coltrane's "A Moment's Notice." Lew Soloff's trumpet solos invigorate the first four tracks, while Don Cherry guests on the moody hard bop of "Scottish Blues" (taken from 1989's Doin' It Right). Though the compilers left out selections from the first -- and one of the best -- album recorded by Ruiz for the label, 1986's Something Grand, this is still a solid distillation of an essential period for Ruiz.