Horace Tapscott

Artist:  Horace Tapscott
Birth Name:  Horace Elva Tapscott
Born:  April 6, 1934.  Houston, Texas, USA
Died:  February 27, 1999 (Aged 64)
Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz. Experimental Big Band, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Piano, Trombone

Horace Tapscott was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer from Houston, Texas.  He formed the Pan Afrikan People Arkestra, also known as P.A.P.A. or The Ark in 1961.

Artist:   Horace Tapscott Quintet
Title:   The Giant Is Awakened (Limited Neon Green Vinyl Edition To 1000 Copies) (2020)
Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz. Experimental Big Band, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Label:   Real Gone Music
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  The Giant Is Awakened  (17:23)
 2.  For Fats  (2:20)

Side 2:

 1.  The Dark Tree  (7:01)
 2.  Niger's Theme  (11:55)

Personnel:

Horace Tapscott:  Piano
Arthur Blythe:  Alto Saxophone
David Bryant:  Bass
Walter Savage, Jr.:  Bass
Everett Brown, Jr.:  Drums

The Giant Is Awakened is the debut album by Horace Tapscott Quintet, originally released in 1969 by Flying Dutchman, remastered and reissued on March 6. 2020 by Real Gone Music, featuring Arthur Blythe, David Bryant, Walter Savage, Jr. and Everett Brown, Jr.