The Ric Colbeck Quartet - The Sun Is Coming Up (Fontana, 1970)
Ric Colbeck (trompete); Mike Osbourne (saxofone alto);
Jean-François Jenny Clark (contrabaixo); Selwyn Lissack (bateria)
1 - Aphrodite; 2 - Subdued; 3 - The Sun is Coming Up; 4 - Lowlands
Issued in the UK only in 1970. Ric was an interesting white cat who came to the U.S. to blow some free e-motion with NYC loft dwellers. He’s most well known for his amazing playing on the great Noah Howard’s first ESP-Disk release (ESP 1031). The picture of Ric on the Noah Howard LP shows a man with race-car shades and a “cool” haircut playing his horn while a ciggie burns nonchalantly from his relaxed grip. A very hip dude. And very FREE. His only solo recording is this Fontana LP which he recorded while cruising through Europe. He connected with South African drummer Selwyn Lissack (whatever happened to…) and the UK’s famous avant-altoist Mike Osborne and bassist J.F. ‘Jenny’ Clark (student of 20th century compositionists Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen) to create this exceptional and complex masterpiece. - Thurston Moore
