View basket “Straight No Chaser” 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 Hubert Laws Afro Classic Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th June 2015 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hubert Laws Afro Classic £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CTI6006 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me Jazz | Vinyl Lovers | 180g, 1LP Released 26th May 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Vinyl Lovers SKU: LP6785406 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Oregon 45th Parallel Jazz | VeraBra Records | 1LP Released 29th December 2016 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Oregon 45th Parallel £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: VeraBra Records SKU: NN96019 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th December 2016 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Dieter Ilg B-A-C-H Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 13th October 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dieter Ilg B-A-C-H £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACT98441 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto Recorded In Rio Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 29th September 2014 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto Recorded In Rio £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1161 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Scott Hamilton Quartet Danish Ballads & More Jazz | Sundance Records | 1LP Released 5th September 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Hamilton Quartet Danish Ballads & More £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sundance Records SKU: STULP18101 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alice Coltrane Eternity Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 25th February 2022 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Alice Coltrane Eternity £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: BS2916 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th February 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Julie London Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2 Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 14th July 2017 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Julie London Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2 £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPP7100-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 14th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ella Fitzgerald Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! 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