Live At IUCC
Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, October 2023
While rooted in Coltrane-Tyner modalism and Monkish melodic whimsy, Tapscott found a way of boldly personalising his ensemble sound whether he was writing and arranging for a nine or sixteenpiece...
Live At IUCC
Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, October 2023
While rooted in Coltrane-Tyner modalism and Monkish melodic whimsy, Tapscott found a way of boldly personalising his ensemble sound whether he was writing and arranging for a nine or sixteenpiece...
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180g audiophile double vinyl reissue of this superb rare, deep and spiritual jazz opus album, recorded at the Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, in 1979. Re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering.
The music of Horace Tapscott and The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra is part Sun Ra Arkestra, part John Coltrane, part Art Ensemble of Chicago. This ground-breaking and monumental album explores the multi-faceted deep and spiritual jazz of Tapscott - Afro-centric rhythms, hypnotic bass lines, Tapscott's stabbing modal piano playing and stunning flute and horn arrangements. "The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Live at I.U.C.C." is a true high point in the cannon of great independent underground jazz music recorded during this era.
Contents and tracklist
Side 1
1. Macrame
Side 2
2. Future Sally's Time
3. Noissessprahs
Side 3
1. Village Dance
Side 4
2. L.T.T.
3. Desert Fairy Princess
4. Lift Every Voice
Awards and reviews
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JazzwiseRecommended Reissue/ArchiveOctober 2023
October 2023
While rooted in Coltrane-Tyner modalism and Monkish melodic whimsy, Tapscott found a way of boldly personalising his ensemble sound whether he was writing and arranging for a nine or sixteenpiece band. His orchestrations pull off the none-too-easy trick of moving from levity to density without any abrupt shifts, flowing on an often danceable pulse.