Double Lp

An excellent double-length set from Horace Tapscott's Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – an extremely righteous ensemble that was one of the hippest things going on the LA jazz scene of the 70s!

The vibe is free and spiritual, but it also has a wonderful groove pulsating underneath many of the tracks – that heir to the Impulse Records style that Tapscott and other Nimbus Records artists carried on well into the early 80s. The group here features some of Tapscott's Nimbus labelmates – including Sabir Matteen and Billy Harris on tenor saxes, Linda Hill on piano, Adele Sebastian on flute, Roberto Miranda on bass, and Jesse Sharps on soprano sax – and in a way, the album's almost a live summation of all the mighty talents brewing on the Nimbus label at the time!

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• LP ONE

• A1. MACRAME
• Herbert Callies (a-cl); Michael Session (as); Alan Hines, David Bryant (4), (b); Everett Brown Jr. (d); Kafi Roberts (fl); Horace Tapscott (p); James Andrews (6) (ts); J. Sharps (ss)

• B1. FUTURE SALLY'S TIME
• John Williams (bs); Alan Hines, Roberto Miranda (b); Billy Hinton (d); Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart (fl); Daa'oud Woods (perc); Horace Tapscott (p); Billy Harris (ss); Sabia Matteen (ts); Lester Robertson (tb)
• B2. NOISSESSPRAHS
• John Williams (bs); Alan Hines, David Bryant, Roberto Miranda (b); Louis Spears (clo); Billy Hinton (d); Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart (fl); Bob Watt (frhn); Daa'oud Woods, Mike Daniels (perc); Linda Hill (p) Billy Harris (ss); Desta Walker, Sabia Matteen (ts); Lester Robertson (tb)
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• LP TWO

• C1. VILLAGE DANCE John Williams (bs); Alan Hines, Roberto Miranda (b); Billy Hinton (d); Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart (fl); Daa'oud Woods (perc); Horace Tapscott (p); Billy Harris (ss): Sabia Matteen (ts); Lester Robertson (tb)

• D1. L.T.T.
• John Williams (bs); Alan Hines, Roberto Miranda (b); Billy Hinton (d); Adele Sebastian, Aubrey Hart (fl); Daa'oud Woods (perc); Horace Tapscott (p); Billy Harris (ss); Sabia Matteen (ts); Lester Robertson (tb)
• D2. DESERT FAIRY PRINCESS
• D3. LIFT EVERY VOICE
• Herbert Callies (a-cl); John Williams (bs); Alan Hines, David Bryant (b); Everett Brown Jr. (d); Adele Sebastian, Kafi Roberts (fl); Daa'oud Woods (perc); Horace Tapscott (p); Billy Harris, James Andrews, Sabia Matteen (ts); Lester Roberts (tb); Red Callender (tba)