View basket “Objects Of Desire” has been added to your basket. 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 Brad Mehldau 10 Years Solo Live Jazz | Nonesuch | 8LP, Box Set Released 15th October 2015 £118.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brad Mehldau 10 Years Solo Live £118.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597949902 Formats: 8LP, Box Set Released Date: 15th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nik Bartschs Mobile Continuum Jazz | ECM | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 4th March 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nik Bartschs Mobile Continuum £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4764790 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 9th May 2013 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7105 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th May 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Thelonious Monk The Classic Quartet (Remastered) Jazz | Candid Records | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd June 2023 £29.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Thelonious Monk The Classic Quartet (Remastered) £29.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: LPCND35511 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Lou Donaldson Sunny Side Up Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 1st October 2013 £52.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Donaldson Sunny Side Up £52.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: ABNJ84036 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 1st October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Clarke School Days Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 8th October 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stanley Clarke School Days £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP563 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Philip Bailey Love Will Find A Way Jazz | Verve | 2LP Released 26th July 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Philip Bailey Love Will Find A Way £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 7765644 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Tolliver Music Inc Live At Slug’s Volume 1 Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 9th September 2022 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Tolliver Music Inc Live At Slug’s Volume 1 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: SES-1972 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Shorty Rogers The Wizard of Oz Jazz | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 6th September 2013 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shorty Rogers The Wizard of Oz £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP1997 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 6th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Marcus Strickland People of the Sun Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 14th December 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Marcus Strickland People of the Sun £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 6792335 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th December 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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