NEW RELEASES 2023/1 - CHRIS CAPERS & JOE RIGBY

 

Here are two recent releases from the unpretentious but definitely important label "Homeboy Music".

Although the sound is not the best (but still perfectly listenable) the music is great! My favourite CD is the one without piano ('Revelations'). But the one titled 'Impressions' (yep - the Coltrane tune) isn't tedious either. Both musicians play with full immersion and although the other musicians are unknown the music really took me up and up and up and ....

Hopefully the label's producer Roy Morris has more jewels in preparation.

I would like to recommend both releases for a start. Take a breath and support this enterprise directly at the label: Homeboy Music! - you won't regret it. And apart from ordering two rare releases I urge you to give the website a thorough examination. How many offerings about Earl Cross, Joe Rigby, Arthur Doyle, Yosef Mumin Phillips (from Black Unity Trio) or Ted Daniel you will find elsewhere? Go....

Ras Moshe -Live Spirit Vol 3 - Utech Records 2006

In memory of Joe Rigby.

After my preview post about Walden Wimberley some month ago I have thought to post in the future this session featuring also Wimberley but due to the passing of Joe Rigby in July it is time to post it now. Joe Rigby have played with Milford Graves in the seventies and have one record with Steve Reid (Nova). More recently he have recorded the excellent « For Harriet » for the french label improvising being in 2011 and "Praise" for Homeboy music previously also posted here. Few years before here is this session under the leadership of Ras Moshe.

One track only in a jam session style dedicated to John Coltrane and Tyron Washington.

Matt Heyner: bass

Todd Nicholson: bass

Jackson Krall: drums

Walden Wimberley: piano

Ras Moshe: tenor, alto & soprano sax + composition

Joe Rigby: tenor, alto, sopranino sax

Recorded at the Stone New York on 19 January 2006

Utech Records UR034 limited & numbered edition cd

JOE RIGBY *3rd September, 1940 - †16th July, 2019

R.I.P.

Joe Rigby - Praise - Homeboy Music 2007

-Untitled

-India (J.Coltrane)

-Earth flower

Joe Rigby: tenor & soprano sax

Ted Daniel: trumpet

Ken Filiano: bass

Lou Grassi: drums

recordings coming from rehearsal done in Brooklyn in 2007

cdr published by homeboy music, no reference

Almost at the same time the french label « improvising Being » published a superbe cd of the Joe Rigby Quartet, now the label have stopped but perhaps the owner of the label still has some copies, if you are interested you can try to get in touch here

http://www.improvising-beings.com/#ib05 

be aware that I’m not talking about the cdr presented here but about another session that I recommend

Regarding Homeboy music, it was a tiny label who published less than 5 titles, including the full session of Norman Howard & Joe Phillips originally recorded for esp but not issued at the time, lately ESP reissued it partially on cd

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Norman-Howard-Joe-Phillips-Burn-Baby-Burn/release/1113361