Artist: Horace Tapscott & The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
Album: The Call
Genre: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation
Label: Nimbus West Records
Released: 1978
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Call (Robertson) - 8:25
- Quagmire Manor at Five A.M. (Session-Sebastian) - 10:27
- Nakatini Suite (Massey) - 9:05
- Peyote Song No. III (Sharps) - 10:11
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- Personnel:
- Horace Tapscott - conductor, piano
- Jesse Sharps - bandleader, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bamboo flute
- Linda Hill - piano
- Adele Sebastian - vocals, flute
- Lester Robertson, Archie Johnson - trombone
- David Bryant, Kamonta Lawrence Polk - bass
- Everett Brown Jr. - drums
- Herbert Callies - alto clarinet
- James Andrews - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- Michael Session - alto saxophone
- Kafi Larry Roberts - flute, soprano saxophone
- Red Callendar - tuba, bass
- William Madison - percussion, drums
- Louis Spears - cello, bass
The second LP by Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (a 16-piece trumpet-less big band) has four lengthy selections; three originals by bandmembers plus Cal Massey's "Nakatini Suite." Best-known among the sidemen are veteran Red Callender (doubling on tuba and bass) and the powerful altoist Michael Session. Many of the other players (including the pianist-leader) have some space to stretch out and the ensembles (with their unusual voicings and free spots) are quite colorful.
Review by Scott Yanow