Horace Tapscott & The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Ancestral Echoes - The Covina Sessions, 1976 (2020)

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very pleased to announce you the release, under exclusive license from the Horace Tapscott family, of this previously unpublished studio recording.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.

THE PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA

Horace Tapscott, conductor, pianist
Aubrey Hart, flute
Adele Sebastian, flute
Jesse Sharps, soprano saxophone
Gary Bias, alto saxophone
Michael Session, alto saxophone
Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
James Andrews, tenor saxophone
Charles Chandler, tenor saxophone
Amos Delone, baritone sax
Steven Smith, trumpet
Lester Robertson, trombone
Wendell C. Williams, French horn
Red Callender, tuba
Linda Hill, piano
David Bryant, bass
Marcus McLaurine, bass
Ricky Simmons, drums
Ishmael Balaka, drums
Moises Obligacion, congas
Kamau Daáood, poet

Other possible participants:
Herbert Callies, alto clarinet
Dadisi Komolafe, alto saxophone
Robert Watt, French horn