breath of life (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
We open with Nina Simone and close with eight versions of "Motherless Child" (Dee Daniels, Max Roach, Harmonizing Four, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Grand Union, Bar Scott, Dwight Trible with Kamau Daaood, and Horace Tapscott), and in between we get Brazilian vocalist Izzy Gordon—we emphasis the beauty of the voice.
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Jamm Messenger Divine Experienced musician: experience with drums including all percussion. Performances Include: Horace Tapscott, Chick Corea, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Billy Higgins, Lowell Fulsom, Perry Ferrell, Watts Prophets, Alkaholics, Freestyle Fellowship. Leadership skills: led hip-hop/jazz band (Underground Railroad) organized bookings, tours, finances. Experienced Producer: Pharcyde,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
In 1961 pianist Horace Tapscott turned down a chance to have a high-profile career with the Lionel Hampton band and spent the next several decades in Los Angeles, leading several community-jazz bands and doing his best to extend the mentoring and teaching tradition that he had experienced growing...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
What do Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Horace Tapscott, Earth, Wind & Fire, Frank Zappa, Busta Rhymes, Billy Higgins, Chuck Jackson and the lost funk group Chameleon all have in common? Los Angeles saxophonist Azar Lawrence, that’s what. Released in 1974 on Prestige, Bridge Into The New Age was the first of three albums [...]
wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 30/12/2007
Early in the morning of Sunday... a strange Christmas – quiet and much confinement to barracks due to chest infection in a combo with the usual physical crap that lays me down frequently. But you use these periods – reading and listening – and plotting. And maybe drinking too much – but that's the traditional hazard of the season's turn – somewhat enthusiastically embraced, maybe, to counteract the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/09/2007
Keyboardist Jason Lindner has been a staple of the New York jazz scene for some time now, working in a variety of capacities for different projects; but his distinctive musical character shines brightest through his long-running big band, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2005, when Anzic Recordsa(TM) Live At The Jazz Gallery was recorded...
