View basket “Sugar (Remastered)” 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 Egberto Gismonti Danca Das Cabecas Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th October 2016 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Egberto Gismonti Danca Das Cabecas £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4774633 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 31st March 2023 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 4847635 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wes Montgomery Bumpin’ Jazz | Elemental | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th June 2023 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wes Montgomery Bumpin’ £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Elemental SKU: 700194 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers And The Jazz Messengers – Mono Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 2LP Released 14th March 2011 £47.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers And The Jazz Messengers – Mono £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANCL897 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 14th March 2011 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Eric Dolphy Far Cry Jazz | Analogue Productions (Prestige) | 180g, 1LP Released 9th June 2017 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eric Dolphy Far Cry £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Prestige) SKU: APRJ8270 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Youn Sun Nah Same Girl Jazz | ACT | 1LP, Includes CD Released 18th December 2014 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Youn Sun Nah Same Girl £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9024-1 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 18th December 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Griffin Live at Ronnie Scott’s, 1964 Jazz | Gearbox | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 10th November 2023 £28.00 - £38.00 Select options Johnny Griffin Live at Ronnie Scott’s, 1964 £28.00 - £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Vijay Iyer & Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey Compassion Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 2nd February 2024 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vijay Iyer & Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey Compassion £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5835143 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Neil Cowley Trio Radio Silence Jazz | Naim Records | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd February 2011 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Neil Cowley Trio Radio Silence £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Naim Records SKU: NAIMLP157 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd February 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View OZO Saturn Jazz | Riot Season | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 7th February 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders OZO Saturn £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Riot Season SKU: REPOSELP090 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 7th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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