Horace Tapscott
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Horace Tapscott (born Horace Elva Tapscott, Houston, Texas, April 6, 1934; d. Los Angeles, California, February 27 or February 29, 1999) was an American jazz pianist and composer.[1] He formed the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (also known as P.A.P.A., or The Ark) in 1961 and led the ensemble through the 1990s.[2] Arthur Blythe, Stanley Crouch, Butch Morris, Wilber Morris, David Murray, and Jimmy Woods all performed in Tapscott's Arkestra at one time or another.[2] Tapscott and his work are the subjects of the UCLA Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Horace Tapscott at Allmusic
- ^ a b "Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection" (HTML). Jazz Archival Collections. University of California, Los Angeles. http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/music/mlsc/collection.cfm?id=368&f=jazz. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection 1960-2002" (HTML). Online Archive of California. http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt187019m6. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
[edit] External links
- Horace Tapscott Collection. UCLA. Performing Arts Special Collections.
- Horace Tapscott site
- "A Fireside Chat With Horace Tapscott, by Fred Jung, from Jazz Weekly
- Listening In: An Interview with Horace Tapscott by Bob Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, October 1982 (PDF file)
[edit] Bibliography
- Dailey, Raleigh. The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles (review). Notes Volume 63, Number 3, March 2007, pp. 632-634.
- Isoardi, Steven L. The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles. Apr. 2006. 394p. illus. index. Univ. of California, $34.95 (0-520-24591-1).
- Isoardi, Steven L. Songs of the Unsung: The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott. Duke University Press, 2001.
