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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.
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April 6, 2025: Horace Tapscott Built an Arkestra in L.A.
Born 91 years ago today in Houston, TX, Horace Elva Tapscott was a giant in stature, in music, and in the L.A. community, where he dwelled for much of his life and career, founding the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and promoting local musicians and political causes, landing on the FBI's watch list. Over three hours of his music today: his was a singular talent
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Horace Tapscott Octet |
Dem Folks
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Horace Tapscott Octet: Live | Alto Saxophone – Gary Bias; Bass – David Bryant, Roberto Miranda;; Drums – Donald Dean, Sonship Theus; Piano – Horace Tapscott; Tenor Saxophone – Rastine Calhoun: Trombone – Thurman Green. - KCRW FM Radio Part Of L.A. Fringe Festival 9/17/87 | ||
DJ Tapsy Turvy | 0:35:29 (Pop-up) | ||||
Horace Tapscott |
Sketches of Drunken Mary
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Faith | Bass – Roberto Miranda; Cello – Louis Spears; Drums – Everett Brown Jr.; Piano – Horace Tapscott; Violin – Melvin Moore - - Recorded on August 12 & 13, 1983 in Hollywood, California | 0:40:45 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott Quintet |
Niger's Theme
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The Giant Is Awakened | Alto Saxophone – Black Arthur Blythe §§§Bass – David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. §§§Drums – Everett Brown Jr. §§§Piano – Horace Tapscott. - - - Recorded 1 April 1969 | 0:51:11 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott & the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra |
Jo Annette
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Ancestral Echoes; The Covina Sessions, 1976 | Alto Saxophone – Gary Bias, Michael Session; Baritone Saxophone – Amos Delone; Bass – David Bryant (4), Marcus McLaurine; Conductor, Piano – Horace Tapscott; Congas – Moises Obligacion; Design [UGMAA Logo] – Michael Dett Wilcots; Design, Layout – Marie Gastaut; Drums – Ishmael Balaka, Ricky Simmons; Flute – Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart; French Horn – Wendell C. Williams; Piano – Linda Hill; Soprano Saxophone – Jesse Sharps; Tenor Saxophone – Charles Chandler, James Andrews; Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq; Trombone – Lester Robertson; Trumpet – Steven Smith; Tuba – Red Callender; Vocals [Poet] – Kamau Daáood - - - Recorded in January 1976 | 1:03:09 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott Quintet |
World Peace
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The Quintet | Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Arthur Blythe; Bass – David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr.; Drums – Everett Brown Jr.; Piano – Horace Tapscott - - Recorded in 1969 at the same session as The Giant Is Awakened | 1:17:02 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott, Michael Session |
Lately's Solo
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Live in Avignon, France 1989 | Piano – Horace Tapscott; Saxophone – Michael Session - -October 14th 1989, at the Chêne Noir in Avignon, France | 1:25:38 (Pop-up) | |
Your "DJ" | 1:33:47 (Pop-up) | ||||
Horace Tapscott |
Acirfa
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Lighthouse 79 Vol.01 | Alto Saxophone – Gary Bias; Bass – David Bryant, Roberto Miranda; Drums – George Goldsmith; Piano – Horace Tapscott; Trumpet – Reggie Bullen - - Recorded Oct. 10, 1979 at Ruby Onderwyzer's Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA | 1:40:38 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott & The Pan Africa Peoples Arkestra |
Peyote Song No. III
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The Call | Alto Clarinet – Herbert Callies; Alto Saxophone – Michael Session; Bass – David Bryant, Kamonta Lawrence Polk; Cello, Bass – Louis Spears; Conductor, Piano – Horace Tapscott; Drums – Everett Brown Jr.; Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Kafi Larry Roberts; Leader, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Bamboo] – Jesse Sharps; Percussion, Drums – William Madison; Piano – Linda Hill; Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – James Andrews; Trombone – Archie Johnson (3), Lester Robertson; Tuba, Bass – Red Callendar; Vocals, Flute – Adele Sebastian - - Recorded April 8, 1978 Los Angeles, California | 2:00:36 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott |
Raisha's New Hip Dance
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Live At Lobero Volume 1 | Horace Tapscott - piano; Roberto Miranda - bass; Sonship Theus - percussion - - Recorded live on November 12, 1981 in the Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, California | 2:07:39 (Pop-up) | |
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra |
Little A's Chant
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60 Years | Arranged By, Piano – Horace Tapscott; Bass – Richard Herrera; Congas – Ernest Cojoe; Drums – Everett Brown Jr.; Recorded By – Michael Dett Wilcotts, Robert Beckett; Tenor Saxophone – Al Collins; Trombone – Lester Robertson, Lorenzo Gardman; Trumpet – Walter Graham; Vocals – Linda Hill; Written-By – Herbert Baker | 2:16:21 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott |
The Dark Tree
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The Giant Is Awakened | Alto Saxophone – Black Arthur Blythe §§§Bass – David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. §§§Drums – Everett Brown Jr. §§§Piano – Horace Tapscott. - - - Recorded 1 April 1969 | 2:26:50 (Pop-up) | |
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Conductor Horace Tapscott |
Village Dance Revisited
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Flight 17 | -Drums – Billy Hinton; Baritone Saxophone – John Williams; Bass – Roberto Miranda; Bass, Soloist – Alan Hines; Vocals, Flute – Adele Sebastian; Percussion – Daa'oud Woods; Piano – Horace Tapscott; Soprano Saxophone – Billy Harris; Tenor Saxophone – Sabia Matteen; Vocals – Linda Hill - - recorded in the Immanuel United Church of Christ, 85th & Holmes, Los Angeles - released 1978 | 2:33:51 (Pop-up) | |
Sad-Eyed DJ of the Lowlands For You | 10pm-12am Later on the Drummer Stream - The Laughing Clock with DJ Peter Special: The Laughing Clock fills in for The Cook Blue Flame - - | 2:44:47 (Pop-up) | |||
Horace Tapscott |
aiee! The Phantom
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aiee! The Phantom | Horace Tapscott - piano • Marcus Belgrave - trumpet • Abraham Burton - alto saxophone • Reggie Workman - bass • Andrew Cyrille - drums • Recorded June 1995 at Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY | 2:50:39 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott, Everett Brown Jr. |
Middle Age Madness
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At The Crossroads | Piano, Written-By – – Horace Tapscott; Drums - Everett Brown Jr. recorded 1979, released 1980 | 3:01:05 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott |
I Remember Clifford
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Lighthouse 79 Vol.01 | Alto Saxophone – Gary Bias; Bass – David Bryant, Roberto Miranda; Drums – George Goldsmith; Piano – Horace Tapscott; Trumpet – Reggie Bullen - - Recorded Oct. 10, 1979 at Ruby Onderwyzer's Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA | 3:09:41 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Tapscott with The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra |
L.T.T.
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Live at I.U.C.C. | Johnny Williams - (baritone sax) Al Hines, David Bryant, Roberto Miranda - (bass) Louis Spears - (cello) Horace Tapscott - (piano, conductor) Billy Hinton, Steve Solder - (drums) Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart - (flute) Bob Watt - (french horn) "Daoude" Woods, Conga Mike - (percussion) Linda Hill - (piano, vocals) Billie Harris - (soprano sax) Desta Walker, Sabir Mateen - (tenor sax) Lester Robertson - (trombone) - - Recorded February to June 1979 at the Imannuel United Church of Christ, 85th and Holmes, Los Angeles. The U.G.M.A.A (=Union Of God's Musicians & Artists Ascension) Foundation was involved | 3:18:54 (Pop-up) | |
Roberto Miranda |
Dance of Blessing, Happiness & Peace
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Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Thom David Mason ====Clarinet – John Carter ====Cornet, Trumpet – Bobby Bradford ====Double Bass, Congas, Composed By [All Music Composed By] – Roberto Miranda ====Drums – Louis R. Miranda, Jr. ====Drums, Timbales – Elias "Buddy" Toscano ====Flute – James Newton ====Guitar, Electric Bass, Percussion, Vocals – David Bottenbley ====Percussion, Vocals – Louis R. Miranda, Sr. ====Piano – Horace Tapscott ====Timbales, Congas, Bongos – Cliff Brooks - - - Recorded live on Saturday, May 25, 1985 at 8:00 pm Bing Theatre, University Park U.S.C., 3500 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA | 3:33:50 (Pop-up) | ||
DJ Tapped | 3:41:06 (Pop-up) |
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