Horace Tapscott
Songs Of The Unsung (LP)
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Distinguished Los Angeles-based jazz pianist Horace Tapscott is probably best-known as the founder of the Pan-Afrikan People’s Orchestra of PAPA, also known as The Ark, though he began his career as a trombonist, working with Lionel Hampton and others during the late 1950s. The 1978 solo album, Songs Of The Unsung, released in small number on pianist Toshiya Taenaka’s Interplay label, features Tapscott alone on piano, delivering a superb set of freely interpreted jazz tunes, including an unfettered reading of Lester Robertson’s “In Times Like These” and Cal Massey’s “Bakai,” along with two of his own heartfelt originals.
Release notes
[Not stated on release] Recorded on February 18, 1978 at United/Western Studios in Hollywood, California. [Sleeve Notes] 3-1-78 © 1978 ℗ 2020 Not exportable to the USA
| A1 | Songs Of The Unsung | 3:39 | |
| A2 | Blue Essence | 3:51 | |
| A3 | Bakai | 5:55 | |
| A4 | In Times Like These | 7:01 | |
| B1 | Mary On Sunday | 3:22 | |
| B2 | Lush Life | 6:34 | |
| B3 | The Goat And Ram Jam | 5:01 | |
| B4 | Something For Kenny | 5:58 |
- George Bell
- Engineer [Uncredited]
- Bill Dow
- Photography By [Cover and Liner Photos]
- Horace Tapscott
- Piano, Soloist, Producer [Uncredited]
- Toshiya Taenaka
- Producer [Uncredited]
- Gary G. Vercelli
- Sleeve Notes
