Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra and More

08/04/23 12:31

Original compositions from Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq inspired by the great Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra.
The Live Recording Sessions (May 19 and 20, 2023)
Fuasi presents members of the...
"Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and Friends"
About the project
Horace Tapscott and his approach are the condensation nucleus for this project. Tapscott brought the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra to life in 1961 in Los Angeles. Sixty two years later and right here in Berlin, we are building a contemporary project with a spiritual energy for the 21st century and the challenges we face today. Headed by Arkestra member Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, the octet brings together the largest number of Tapscott´s disciples living abroad, in addition to the heir to Horace himself, the current conductor and manager of the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Mekala Session, direct from Los Angeles!

Just reading about the octet you will see that we are in for a rare treat. Next to Fuasi and Mekala there's Sabir Mateen, the most recorded tenor sax with Horace for Nimbus Records and a landmark in the land of the free (jazz).
Ghasem Batamuntu, who carried the tradition of the Arkestra to Europe with the renowned Rotterdam based Nu Nova Compound.
Havana , Cuba native alto sax prodigy, Regis Molina.
Joel Holmes, the four-time grammy nominated pianist and composer. The innovative bassist Charles Sammons.
Nirankar Khalsa, an outstanding percussionist and drummer who has played alongside Alice Coltrane among others and will give the project a beat you've never heard before.
It will be a night to remember!

"Not Your Standard Jazz…Fresh Sounds From Beyond"

ten sax, bass clarinet, flute, bari sax, percussion.

Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq -

alto sax, bari sax, flute

Regis Molina -

sop sax, percussion

Ghasem Batamuntu -

ten sax, clarinet

Sabir Mateen -

piano

Joel Holmes -

bass

Charles Sammons -

drums

Mekala Session -

darbuka, bongos, tablas, percussion

Nirankar Khalsa -

www.horticulturerecords.com

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NOW AVAILABLE!
BOOK - by the end of the month
VINYL, CD - later this spring

BIENTÔT DISPONIBLE !
LIVRE - d'ici la fin du mois
VINYLE, CD - au printemps

A PAPA/UGMAA Oral History
of Growing Up In Postwar
South Central Los Angeles

by Steven L. Isoardi
with artists of The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
and The Union of God’s Musicians and Artists Ascension

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In the post World War II era, dozens of young African Americans in South Central Los Angeles found their way to careers in music. In a community facing challenging social conditions and with little to no outside support, they would become artists, supported by the best that their community and culture had to offer, from neighborhood and family to schools and churches, private teachers, formal and informal spaces and institutions, and more than a few unsung heroes.

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“The neighborhood was tough, but it’s not like it is today.... I mean I knew that we were not rich people, but I never, ever felt poor.” — pianist Bobby West

“I was sitting up there tripping off of James Brown, and my cousin came in very angry. ‘You need to stop all that bullshit and get turned on to jazz music, because it’s a way of life.’ That freaked me out, man, and I was freaked for the rest of my life.” — trumpeter Jon Williams

“Our music is contributive, rather than competitive.” — pianist Horace Tapscott

BOOK

/ LIVRE
100 pages (in English)
Front cover illustration and design by Paul Rogers

THE MUSIC FINDS A WAY

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with the PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA
and the GREAT VOICE OF UGMAA

LIVE AT LACMA, 1998

HORACE TAPSCOTT

HIGH QUALITY VINYL
12" LP • 180g vinyl • Pressed by PALLAS in Germany
Flip back cover • 2-page insert

Liner Notes by Steven L. Isoardi
Photos by Warren Berman

Side A: Fela, Fela
Side B: Why Don't You Listen?

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with the PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA

ANCESTRAL ECHOES
The Covina Sessions, 1976

HORACE TAPSCOTT

CD
Previously unpublished studio recordings!

This CD will include a 16-page booklet
with liner notes by Steven L. Isoardi, statements by Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, James Andrews, Charles Chandler, Kamau Daáood, Kachina Roberts and Jesse Sharps, photos by Mark Weber and courtesy of the Horace Tapscott Archive and some rare documents.

1- Ancestral Echoes
2- Sketches of Drunken Mary
3- Jo Annette
4- Eternal Egypt Suite

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Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq

In the beginning was the word...and the word was OM!

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