Horace Tapscott, Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
Ancestral Echoes - The Covina Sessions 1976
FormatCDLabelDark TreeGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Dark Tree Records is very pleased to announce you the release, under exclusive license from the Horace Tapscott family, of this previously unpublished studio recording. In January 1976, the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra recorded at Audiotronics Recording Studio in Covina, east of Los Angeles. Musicians assumed these tapes were lost, but they survived in Horace’s archive and a copy of some tracks in that of Nimbus West. Four pieces appear on this CD: Ancestral Echoes, the Eternal Egypt Suite, Sketches of Drunken Mary and Jo Annette.
It features Horace Tapscott leading the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra with Aubrey Hart, Adele Sebastian, Jesse Sharps, Gary Bias, Michael Session, Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, James Andrews, Charles Chandler, Amos Delone, Steven Smith, Lester Robertson, Wendell C. Williams, Red Callender, Linda Hill, David Bryant, Marcus McLaurine, Ricky Simmons, Ishmael Balaka, Moises Obligacion and Kamau Daaood. Other possible participants: Herbert Callies, Dadisi Komolafe and Robert Watt. Includes a 16-page booklet with liner notes by Steven Isoardi, photos by Mark Weber and from the Horace Tapscott Archive.
Release notes
Recorded in January 1976. ℗ 2020 Horace Tapscott family © 2020 Dark Tree This compilation ℗ & © 2020 Dark Tree Comes in gatefold cardboard sleeve with a 16-page booklet. Exact personnel for each piece cannot be determined. Tracks 1 & 2 published by Obelene Music, BMI. Track 4 published by Lifelight Publications, GEMA.
| 1 | Ancestral Echoes | 18:58 | |
| 2 | Sketches Of Drunken Mary | 10:06 | |
| 3 | Jo Annette | 13:51 | |
| 4 | Eternal Egypt Suite | 27:31 |
- Gary Bias
- Alto Saxophone
- Michael Session
- Alto Saxophone
- Amos Delone
- Baritone Saxophone
- David Bryant
- Bass
- Marcus McLaurine
- Bass
- Horace Tapscott
- Conductor, Piano
- Moises Obligacion
- Congas
- Michael Dett Wilcots
- Design [UGMAA Logo]
- Marie Gastaut
- Design, Layout
- Ishmael Balaka
- Drums
- Ricky Simmons
- Drums
- Adele Sebastian
- Flute
- Aubrey Hart
- Flute
- Wendell C. Williams
- French Horn
- Steven Isoardi
- Liner Notes
- Wayne Peet
- Mastered By
- Herbert Callies
- Performer [Possible Participant], Alto Clarinet
- Dadisi Komolafe
- Performer [Possible Participant], Alto Saxophone
- Robert Watt
- Performer [Possible Participant], French Horn
- Michael Clark
- Photography
- Mylo Clark
- Photography
- N. Osei
- Photography
- James Andrews
- Photography By, Tenor Saxophone
- Kamau Daaood
- Photography By, Vocals [Poet]
- Mark Weber
- Photography By
- Roderick E. Young
- Photography By
- Linda Hill
- Piano
- Bertrand Gastaut
- Producer
- Jesse Sharps
- Soprano Saxophone
- Charles Chandler
- Tenor Saxophone
- Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq
- Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
- Lester Robertson
- Trombone
- Steven Smith
- Trumpet
- Red Callender
- Tuba
