Don Pullen, Sam Rivers

Capricorn Rising is the quartet record Don Pullen and Sam Rivers made in New York in October 1975 for Black Saint, which issued it in 1976 as BSR 0004, among the first albums in the label's catalogue. The two leaders split the writing evenly. Rivers brought the two long pieces that open and close the record, Pullen the title track and the shorter Joycie Girl. The rhythm section is bassist Alex Blake and drummer Bobby Battle, who would play on Pullen's Warriors for the same label in 1978.

The sessions took place on October 16 and 17, 1975 at Generation Sound Studios, recorded by Tony May and produced by Giacomo Pellicciotti, with the mix done by Nuccio Rinaldis and Paolo Tofani. Rivers plays tenor and soprano saxophones and flute, Pullen piano, and Battle adds tambourine to his kit. Break Out, at almost thirteen minutes, and Fall Out, past fifteen, are Rivers's pieces and take up most of the album. Between them sit Pullen's Capricorn Rising, nearly twelve minutes long, and the six minutes of Joycie Girl. Art direction is by Mario Convertino, photography by Giuseppe Pino.

This is the Golden Gems CD BSGG002-2 from 2016, which Discogs lists as a remastered reissue of the 1976 Black Saint album, in a card digifile sleeve.