Horace Tapscott

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Horace Elva Tapscott April 6 1934 – February 27 1999 Was An American Jazz Pianist And Composer. He Formed The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Also Known As P.A.P.A. Or The Ark In 1961 And Led The Ensemble Through The 1990s. Tapscott Was Born In Houston Texas And Moved To Los Angeles California At The Age Of Nine. By This Time He Had Begun To Study Piano And Trombone. He Played With Frank Morgan Don Cherry And Billy Higgins As A Teenager. After Service In The Air Force In Wyoming He Returned To Los Angeles And Played Trombone With Various Bands Notably Lionel Hampton 1959–61 . Soon After Though He Quit Playing Trombone And Focused On Piano. In 1961 Tapscott Formed The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra With The Aim Of Preserving Developing And Performing African-American Music. As His Vision Grew This Became Just One Part Of A Larger Organization In 1963 The Underground Musicians Association UGMA Which Later Changed Name To The Union Of God's Musicians And Artists Ascension UGMAA . Arthur Blythe Stanley Crouch Butch Morris Wilber Morris David Murray Jimmy Woods And Guido Sinclair All Performed In Tapscott's Arkestra At One Time Or Another. Tapscott And His Work Are The Subjects Of The UCLA Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection. Enthusiasts Of His Music Formed Two Labels In The 1970s And 1980s Interplay And Nimbus For Which He Recorded. Discography As Leader The Giant Is Awakened Flying Dutchman 1969 - As Horace Tapscott Quintet
Songs Of The Unsung Interplay 1978 In New York Interplay 1979 Lighthouse 79 Vol. I 1979
Lighthouse 79 Vol. II 1979
Autumn Colors 1980
At The Crossroads With Everett Brown Jr. 1980
Dial 'B' For Barbra Nimbus 1981 - As Horace Tapscott Sextet
Live At Lobero Vol. I With Roberto Miranda And Sonship 1981
Live At Lobero Vol. II With Roberto Miranda And Sonship 1981
Dissent Or Descent Nimbus 1984 1998 The Dark Tree HatArt 1991 - Originally Released As Two Separate Volumes And Re-Released As A Double CD
Arkestra Live In Chicago 1993
Aiee! The Phantom Arabesque 1996 Among Friends 1995
Thoughts Of Dar Es Salaam Arabesque 1997 With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra The Call 1978
Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Live At I.U.C.C. 1979
Flight 17 1997 As Sideman With Lou Blackburn Jazz Frontier Imperial 1963 Two Note Samba Imperial 1963 Both Titles Compiled On The Complete Imperial Sessions Blue Note 2006 As Composer And Arranger With Sonny Criss Sonny's Dream Birth Of The New Cool Prestige 1968 Crisscraft Muse 1975 - Composer Only Bibliography Dailey Raleigh. "The Dark Tree Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles" Review . Notes Volume 63 Number 3 March 2007 Pp. 632–634.
Isoardi Steven L. The Dark Tree Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles. April 2006. 394p. Illus. Index. University Of California $34.95 0-520-24591-1 .
Isoardi Steven L. Songs Of The Unsung The Musical And Social Journey Of Horace Tapscott. Duke University Press 2001.

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Biography - Horace Tapscott

Horace Elva Tapscott April 6 1934 – February 27 1999 Was An American Jazz Pianist And Composer. He Formed The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Also Known As P.A.P.A. Or The Ark In 1961 And Led The Ensemble Through The 1990s. Tapscott Was Born In Houston Texas And Moved To Los Angeles California At The Age Of Nine. By This Time He Had Begun To Study Piano And Trombone. He Played With Frank Morgan Don Cherry And Billy Higgins As A Teenager. After Service In The Air Force In Wyoming He Returned To Los Angeles And Played Trombone With Various Bands Notably Lionel Hampton 1959–61 . Soon After Though He Quit Playing Trombone And Focused On Piano. In 1961 Tapscott Formed The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra With The Aim Of Preserving Developing And Performing African-American Music. As His Vision Grew This Became Just One Part Of A Larger Organization In 1963 The Underground Musicians Association UGMA Which Later Changed Name To The Union Of God's Musicians And Artists Ascension UGMAA . Arthur Blythe Stanley Crouch Butch Morris Wilber Morris David Murray Jimmy Woods And Guido Sinclair All Performed In Tapscott's Arkestra At One Time Or Another. Tapscott And His Work Are The Subjects Of The UCLA Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection. Enthusiasts Of His Music Formed Two Labels In The 1970s And 1980s Interplay And Nimbus For Which He Recorded. Discography As Leader The Giant Is Awakened Flying Dutchman 1969 - As Horace Tapscott Quintet
Songs Of The Unsung Interplay 1978 In New York Interplay 1979 Lighthouse 79 Vol. I 1979
Lighthouse 79 Vol. II 1979
Autumn Colors 1980
At The Crossroads With Everett Brown Jr. 1980
Dial 'B' For Barbra Nimbus 1981 - As Horace Tapscott Sextet
Live At Lobero Vol. I With Roberto Miranda And Sonship 1981
Live At Lobero Vol. II With Roberto Miranda And Sonship 1981
Dissent Or Descent Nimbus 1984 1998 The Dark Tree HatArt 1991 - Originally Released As Two Separate Volumes And Re-Released As A Double CD
Arkestra Live In Chicago 1993
Aiee! The Phantom Arabesque 1996 Among Friends 1995
Thoughts Of Dar Es Salaam Arabesque 1997 With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra The Call 1978
Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Live At I.U.C.C. 1979
Flight 17 1997 As Sideman With Lou Blackburn Jazz Frontier Imperial 1963 Two Note Samba Imperial 1963 Both Titles Compiled On The Complete Imperial Sessions Blue Note 2006 As Composer And Arranger With Sonny Criss Sonny's Dream Birth Of The New Cool Prestige 1968 Crisscraft Muse 1975 - Composer Only Bibliography Dailey Raleigh. "The Dark Tree Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles" Review . Notes Volume 63 Number 3 March 2007 Pp. 632–634.
Isoardi Steven L. The Dark Tree Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles. April 2006. 394p. Illus. Index. University Of California $34.95 0-520-24591-1 .
Isoardi Steven L. Songs Of The Unsung The Musical And Social Journey Of Horace Tapscott. Duke University Press 2001. read less

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