Flight 17 Horace Tapscott conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra SKU: NS-135 Barcode: 5060149623480 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 24th September 2021 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) was one of the most transformative, forward-thinking and straight-up heavy big bands to have played jazz in the 1960s and 1970s. If P.A.P.A. doesn’t have the interstellar rep of that other famous Arkestra, and if the name Tapscott doesn’t ring bells like Monk or Tyner, there’s a reason why: in an industry dominated by record labels, a band that doesn’t record doesn’t count. And the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra didn’t record for nearly twenty years. But recording success was never their concern — they weren’t about that. First formed as the Underground Musicians Association in the early 1960s, Tapscott always wanted his group to be a community project. From their base in Watts, UGMA got down at the grassroots. The group was renamed the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in 1971, and soon after they established a monthly residency at the Immanuel United Church of Christ which ran for over a decade, while still playing all over LA and beyond. But they never released a note of music. It was the intervention of fan Tom Albach that finally got them on wax. Determined that their work should be documented, Albach founded Nimbus Records specifically to release the music of Tapscott, the Arkestra, and the individuals that comprised it. The first recording sessions in early 1978 yielded enough material for two albums, and the first release was Flight 17. The album commences with the magnificent title track. It is effectively in three parts. It begins with unaccompanied pianos. Then the ensemble embark on a dense, circular and mechanical movement, a platform for horns and pianos to swoop and dive. We return to Earth with a beautiful solitary flute. The second track, the piano-centric, ‘Breeze’ is different to ‘Flight 17’ in intensity and also brevity but it is quietly as daring as the title track. It concludes with a moving lush wash from the full Arkestra, which sound almost like strings only more substantial. These first two tracks take full advantage of the texture of the unusual mix of the various instruments. Next though, it’s a significant change with ‘Horacio’, which is an exuberant Latin infused jingle. It’s unlike anything else on the album. I like to think it was named after the conductor’s Cuban alter-ego! ‘Clarisse’ gracefully switches between slow blues and bop and is bookended with a grand vaguely East Asian theme. The busy bass line introduces ‘Maui’. As with the previous track, it moves between a number of contrasting melody lines and rhythms but there’s still space for a tuneful sax solo. This is a must-have album. I think the first two tracks on their own make this release essential. Kevin Ward/UK Vibe/Boomkat Personnel: Horace Tapscott – Piano, Conductor / Jesse Sharps – Soprano, Tenor, Bamboo Flute, Bandleader / Linda Hill – Piano / Adele Sebastian – Vocal, Flute / Lester Robertson – Trombone / David Bryant – Bass / Everett Brown Jr. – Drums / Herbert Callies – Alto Clarinet / James Andrews – Tenor, Bass Clarinet / Michael Session – Alto / Kafi Larry Roberts – Flute, Soprano / Archie Johnson – Trombone / Red Callendar – Tuba, Bass / William Madison – Percussion, Drums / Louis Spears – Cello, Bass / Kamonta Lawrence Polk – Bass. Produced by Tom Albach & Horace Tapscott Recorded Los Angeles 1978 Artist Horace Tapscott conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Genre Jazz Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Flight 17 Breeze Horacio Clarisse Maui Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Bobby Hutcherson Happenings (Classic Vinyl) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 19th April 2024 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bobby Hutcherson Happenings (Classic Vinyl) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 5832028 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Moanin’ Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 9th April 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Moanin’ £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 746568 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dizzy Gillespie Quartet At Onkel Po’s Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1978 Jazz | Jazzline | 3LP Released 17th March 2017 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dizzy Gillespie Quartet At Onkel Po’s Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1978 £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazzline SKU: N78037 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 17th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Max Roach We Insist (Mono) Jazz | Candid Records | 180g, 1LP Released 15th March 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Max Roach We Insist (Mono) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: LPCND30021B2 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz Quintet Multidirection Jazz | Third Man Records / Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd September 2023 £43.00 - £56.00 Select options Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz Quintet Multidirection £43.00 - £56.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Third Man Records / Blue Note Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Donald Byrd Slow Drag Jazz | Blue Note | Miscellaneous Released 12th August 2009 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Donald Byrd Slow Drag £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: BLP4292 Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 12th August 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1 Jazz | Brainfeeder | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 10th November 2023 £48.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1 £48.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Brainfeeder SKU: BF134 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison Blues | Fat Possum | 2LP Released 29th November 2019 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison £31.00 Genre: Blues Label: Fat Possum SKU: FP17152 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 29th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dwight Trible Ancient Future Jazz | Gearbox | 1LP Released 17th March 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dwight Trible Ancient Future £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1584 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Binker And Moses Journey to the Mountain of Forever Jazz | Gearbox | 2LP Released 26th March 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Binker And Moses Journey to the Mountain of Forever £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1537OBI Formats: 2LP Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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