Ric Colbeck

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Ric Colbeck (* in Liverpool ; † 27. November 1981 in New York ) was a British free jazz - trumpet player and composer , who also piano and harp playing.

Colbeck's career began in the late 1950s in Noel Walker's traditional jazz band in Liverpool. In 1962 he moved to London and became part of the London jazz scene, but without having an engagement. In 1963 he went via France to the United States, and in 1964 he settled in New York , where he played in the local free jazz scene and in recordings by Noah Howard ( Noah Howard Quartet 1965, At Judson Hall , ESP-Disk 1966 ) participated. With his own ensemble a. a. Consisting of Byard Lancaster , Bennie Maupin , Sonny Sharrock , Sirone and Sunny Murray , he appeared in 1966 at Hunter College in New York City; however, the recordings are lost. In August 1969 he was involved in Dave Burrell's album La Vie de Boheme (1969).

In autumn 1969 he returned to Europe and in 1970 he presented his only album under his own name, The Sun Is Coming Up , with a quartet cast for Fontana in London with Mike Osborne , Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Selwyn Lissack . Among his admirers heard Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth , the The Sun Is Coming Up as an extraordinary and complex masterpiece, "[an] exceptional and complex masterpiece," discussed.

Colbeck probably died in 1981 of complications from his alcoholic illness .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Richard Morton Jack: Ric Colbeck: 'a player of exceptional power and complexity.' Galactic Rumble blog, October 20, 2011; on the date of death, see Katherine's comment on April 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ Noah Howard Quartet (ESP1031). ESP disk .
  3. ↑ Richard Williams: Rick is back. Melody Maker, January 17, 1970 (see digitized version in the Galactic Rumble blog).
  4. ↑ Michael Fitzgerald: Ric Colbeck Leader Entry. Jazz Discography, October 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Andrey Henkin: Selwyn Lissack. All About Jazz , December 10, 2006.
  6. ^ Thurston Moore: Top Ten from the Free Jazz Underground. In: Grand Royal (edited by the Beastie Boys ). Issue 2, 1995, p. 28.
personal data
SURNAME Colbeck, Ric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH after 1970