Horace Tapscott & Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

• AMAZING 3 LP SET!!!

• EDITION OF 500 COPIES

• A COMPLETE 2 HOUR CONCERT!!!

• CUT DIRECTLY FROM ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES

• GATEFOLD TIP-ON SLEEVE

Finally available after long pressing delays, comes a never before issued recording of Horace Tapscott leading his legendary Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, "Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79", documenting the entirety of a 2 hours performance that sprawls across glorious 3 LPs.

Easily one of the most beautiful, striking, and historically important records of the year, it’s a joyous explosion of sound, seeded by social, political, and community-based action, at the juncture of spiritual and free jazz. 10 out of 10 and not to be missed, it’s impossible to express how happy we are to have this one in our hands after a long wait.

Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79 is one of those rare documents of avant-garde jazz that, even 40 years after it was laid to tape, challenges the mind and creative sensibilities, while promoting the body to dance. The band is locked in and loud - rattling, rhythmic, and tonally complex - met by wild exclamations of an ecstatic audience taken to the brink.

This is what music is all about - by the people and for the people, bringing us together and fueling the forward march - the sounds of hope and change, locked in mesmerizing creative exchange. Few records to have emerged this year can claim these heights. An absolute masterpiece that once heard will leave you wondering where it’s been all these years.

Unquestionably one of the best records of the year, cut directly from the original master tapes with no process, and issued in a gatefold tip-on sleeve, featuring archival photos and a beautiful essay by veteran writer Mark Weber, it doesn’t get any better than this. Nimbus have only pressed 500 copies, so this one isn’t going to sit around for long. A 10 out of 10 and as essential as records come.

PERSONNEL:

• THE PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKHESTRA
• Lester Robertson - trombone
• Johnny Williams - baritone sax
• Billie Harris - soprano sax
• Desta Walker, Sabir Matteen - tenor sax
• Adele Sebastian - flute vocals
• Horace Tapscott - piano
• Linda Hill - piano, vocals
• Louis Spears - cello
• Alan Hines, David Bryant - bass
• Billy Hinton - drums
• Conga Mike, Daa'oud Woods - percussion

Live at Century City Playhouse September 9, 1979

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Jitterbug Waltz

• SIDE B
• B1. Leland’s Song

• SIDE C
• C1. Linda’s Story
• C2. Listen My Children
• C3. Raisha’s New Dance

• SIDE D
• D1. Noissesprahs

• SIDE E
• E. Bibi Mkuu

• SIDE F
• F1. Village Dance