Rooster_Ties Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Horace Parlan recorded this Boykins-penned tune on 2/15/63 for Blue Note -- w/ Johnny Coles, Booker Ervin, Grant Green, Butch Warren (not Boykins), and Billy Higgins -- which I believe was first issued in the 70's, under Ervin's name (not Parlan). What's the story on this tune? (Apologies if the answer's in my own copy of the Parlan Mosaic -- my copy of the liners are in a box buried under four other boxes). Did Ronnie Boykins ever record it? Are there any other versions extant? - of any sort (later remakes, or other contemporaneous versions). Edited January 14, 2020 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 No answers for you, but I really like that tune, RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Just stumbled on this quote (from an Organissimo thread, no less), just searching Google on Parlan's and Boykins' names together (). Well....if you can believe Ronnie Boykins, Lion dropped Horace Parlan because Boykins insisted on keeping the publishing for one of his tunes on a Parlan date. I guess Parlan wouldn't intervene or something... I presume "Home is Africa" is the tune (how could it not be?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) And some more Googing reveals that the actual name of the tune is (or may be)... "Home IN Africa" (not "is") -- according to two sources (both links go to Google cashed sources), here1, and here2, and here's a third: here3. ========== Also, I *think* THIS might be a modern remake (track 10). Not convinced (100%), but based on the 30-second sound-clip, it sure could be. Edited August 29, 2013 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 That is the tune, yep. I read that in Cadence, iirc, although I recalled there that it was Coda. Long time ago. But I did read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) ???????? I only have a download on my MP3 player, so no liner notes at hand. Is this the same? "Le Jazz Fait Son Cirque" Edited to add: Looks like Rooster beat me to that version. Edited August 29, 2013 by BeBop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) Another cool Boykins tune - from his only leader-date, on ESP (1975) "The Will Come, Is Now" (Ronnie Boykins) -- self-titled album (ESP, 1975) On 8/29/2013 at 10:53 PM, BeBop said: ???????? I only have a download on my MP3 player, so no liner notes at hand. Is this the same? "Le Jazz Fait Son Cirque" Edited to add: Looks like Rooster beat me to that version. Sure sounds like the same tune to me... ...and your link (with all the question marks) has the added advantage of playing a LOT longer than any of the samples I was able to find. Thanks! Edited January 14, 2020 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Just bumping an old thread, as I saw one of these Boykins tunes posted on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/enxnsh/ronnie_boykins_the_will_come_is_now_1975/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Edited January 14, 2020 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Did Boykins write that crazy (in a good way) bass line? Warren sure nails it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted May 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 Any other notable Boykins-penned tunes of note? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said: Any other notable Boykins-penned tunes of note? A search of the Harry Fox Agency Songfile should turn up something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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