Peppy Prince
Dance Party
Dooto (DL 240)
LP only
Los Angeles, 1956
George Orendorff trumpet
Dud Stone trumpet
Joe Kelly trumpet
Parker Berry trombone, arranger
Horace Tapscott trombone
Alfred Caspar trombone
Chuck Waller alto saxophone
Milton Hall alto saxophone
Bill Ellis tenor saxophone
Jimmie Evans tenor saxophone
Doug Finis piano
Russ Weathers bass
Peppy Prince drums, vocals
Stan Jamerson bongo
- It Must Have Been A Dream (Lawrence/Johnson/Hite/Silverman)
- Peppy’s Idea (L.Lovett)
- Medley:
Solitude (D.Ellington/E.DeLange/I.Mills)
I Cried For You (A.Freed/G.Arnheim/A.Lyman)
Penthouse Serenade (W.Jason/V.Burton)
- Sir Galahad (J.Stanford)
- Mean-Po-Gal (F.Smith)
- Ghost Of A Chance (F.Waxman)
- Dance Party (F.Smith)
- Diane (L.Pollack)
- Jack Pot (F.Smith)
Lou Blackburn
Jazz Frontier
Imperial (LP-9228)
CD reissues: Toshiba EMI (TOCJ-9644),
The Complete Imperial Sessions - Blue Note ((58294),
Perception – Fresh Sounds (FSR-CD 307),
NB: The Complete Imperial Sessions contains the previously unissued track: Ode To Taras (Unknown)
Hollywood, January 25 & 31, 1963
Lou Blackburn trombone
Freddie Hill trumpet
Horace Tapscott piano
John Duke bass
Leroy Henderson drums
- Harlem Bossa-Nova (L.Blackburn)
- New Frontier (L.Blackburn)
- Perception (L.Blackburn)
- Luze Bluze (L.Blackburn)
- I Cover The Waterfront (Green/Heyman)
- 17 Richmond Park (L.Blackburn)
- The Clan (C.Fuller)
- Scorpio (L.Blackburn)
- Jazz-A-Nova (L.Blackburn)
- Stella By Starlight (V.Young/N.Washington)
Lou Blackburn
Two Note Samba
Imperial (LP-9242)
CD reissues: The Complete Imperial Sessions - Blue Note ((58294),
Perception – Fresh Sounds (FSR-CD 307),
NB: The Complete Imperial Sessions contains the previously unissued track: Ode To Taras (Unknown)
Hollywood, January 31, March 12 & 18, 1963
Lou Blackburn trombone
Freddie Hill trumpet
Horace Tapscott piano
John Duke bass
Leroy Henderson drums
- Manha De Carnaval (L.Bonfa)
- Jean-Bleu (L.Blackburn)
- Blues For Eurydice (L.Blackburn)
- Grand Prix (L.Blackburn)
- Two-Note Samba (L.Blackburn)
- Song Of Delilah (J.Livingston/R.Evans)
- Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional)
- Secret Love (S.Fain/P.F.Webster)
Lou Rawls
Tobacco Road
Capitol (T 2042)
CD reissue: Capitol Jazz (B2-54957),
also contains the album Black and Blue
Los Angeles, July-August 1963
Lou Rawls vocals
Bobby Bryant trumpet
Bud Brisbois trumpet
Bob Rolfe trumpet
James Dalton Smith trumpet
Freddie Hill trumpet
Ollie Mitchell trumpet
Horace Tapscott trombone
Lou Blackburn trombone
Richard Hyde trombone
Ronald Smith trombone
Clifford Scott alto saxophone
Sonny Criss alto saxophone
Curtis Amy tenor saxophone
Clifford Solomon tenor saxophone
Teddy Edwards tenor saxophone
Jay Migliori baritone saxophone
Onzy Matthews piano, arranger
Rene Hall guitar
Ray Crawford guitar
Jim Crutcher bass
Charles “Chiz” Harris drums
- Tobacco Road (J.D.Loudermilk)
- Cotton Fields (H.Ledbetter)
- Rockin’ Chair (H.Carmichael)
- Stormy Weather (H.Arlen/T.Koehler)
- Ol’ Man River (J.Kern/O.Hammerstein II)
- Blues For A Four String Guitar (M.David/E.Bernstein)
- St. Louis Blues (W.C.Handy)
- Georgia On My Mind (H.Carmichael/S.Gorrell)
- Sentimental Journey (Brown/Homer/Green)
- Summertime (G.Gershwin)
Onzy Matthews
Blues with a Touch of Elegance
Capitol (ST 2099)
CD reissue: Mosaic Select (MS-029),
also contains the album Sounds for the ‘60’s!,
plus previously unissued tracks
Los Angeles, January 2 & 3, 1964
Bud Brisbois trumpet
Bobby Bryant trumpet
Freddie Hill trumpet
Bob Rolfe trumpet
James Dalton Smith trumpet
Lou Blackburn trombone
Dick Hyde trombone
Horace Tapscott trombone
Ronald Smith bass trombone
Clifford Scott alto saxophone
Sid Miller alto saxophone
Curtis Amy tenor saxophone
Clifford Solomon tenor saxophone
Jay Migliori baritone saxophone
Onzy Matthews piano, arranger
Ray Crawford guitar
Jim Crutcher bass
Charles “Chiz” Harris drums
- Satin Doll (D.Ellington/B.Strayhorn)
- Blues Non-Stop (O.Matthews)
- Somethin's Cookin' (O.Matthews)
- Flamingo (T.Grouya/E.Anderson)
- Pensive (O.Matthews)
- Dallas Blues (O.Matthews)
- I Should Care (A.Stordhal/P.Weston/S.Cahn)
- I Cover The Waterfront (J.Green/E.Heyman)
- Feels Like I've Got The Blues (O.Matthews)
- Blues With A Touch Of Elegance (O.Matthews)
Curtis Amy
The Sounds Of Broadway / The Sounds Of Hollywood
Palomar (G 2400)
LP only
Hollywood, 1965
Curtis Amy soprano and tenor saxophones
Warren Gale, Jr. trumpet
Lester Robertson trombone
Horace Tapscott piano
Eddie Mathias bass
Mel Lee drums
Onzy Matthews arranger
- Goldfinger (Barry/Bricusse/Newley)
- Get Me To The Church On Time (Lerner/Loewe)
- Dear Heart (Mancini/Livingston/Evans)
- Spoonful Of Sugar (R.&R.Sherman)
- Love Line (Marks)
- Fiddler On The Roof (Bock/Harnick)
- Now I Have Everything (Bock/Harnick)
- Of Human Bondage (Goodwin)
- Sunrise, Sunset (Bock/Harnick)
- Guess Who I Saw Today (Boyd/Grand)
The Sonny Criss Orchestra
Sonny’s Dream (Birth Of The New Cool)
Prestige (PR 7576)
CD reissue: Prestige/OJC (OJCCD-707-2),
* alternate takes
Los Angeles, May 8, 1968
Sonny Criss alto and soprano saxophones
David Sherr alto saxophone
Teddy Edwards tenor saxophone
Pete Christlieb baritone saxophone
Conte Candoli trumpet
Dick Nash trombone
Ray Draper tuba
Tommy Flanagan piano
Al McKibbon bass
Everett Brown, Jr. drums
Horace Tapscott conductor, arranger
- Sonny’s Dream (H.Tapscott)
- Ballad For Samuel (H.Tapscott)
- The Black Apostles (H.Tapscott)
- The Golden Pearl (H.Tapscott)
- Daughter Of Cochise (H.Tapscott)
- Sandy And Niles (H.Tapscott)
- The Golden Pearl (H.Tapscott) *
- Sonny’s Dream (H.Tapscott) *
Bob Thiele Emergency
Head Start
Flying Dutchman (FDS-104)
LP only
Los Angeles, 1969
Buddy Childers trumpet
Paul Hubinon trumpet
Gary Barone trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer trombone
Mike Barone trombone
George Bohanon trombone
Ernie Tack bass trombone
Bob Henderson french horn
Tom Scott clarinet, alto saxophone
Bill Perkins alto saxophone, flutes
Pete Christlieb tenor saxophone, flutes
Jim Horn baritone saxophone, oboe, flute, clarinet
Roger Kellaway piano, organ, harpsychord, celesta
Howard Roberts guitars
Chuck Domanico fender bass, bass
Jimmy Gordon drums, timbales
John Guerin drums, timbales
Gary Coleman percussions
George “Harmonica” Smith vocals
Joe Pass guitar
Bernard Carrere trumpet
Joe Darensbourg clarinet
John Ewing trombone
Alton Purnell piano
Joe Passalaque bass
Alton Redd drums
John Carter tenor saxophone
Bobby Bradford trumpet
Horace Tapscott piano
Tom Williamson bass
Buzz Freeman drums
Elvin Jones drums
Joe Farrell flute
Wilbur Little bass
Rosko vocals
Ornette Coleman alto saxophone
Charles Moffett drums
David Izenzon bass
Charlie Haden bass
Bob Thiele vocals
- Head Start (T.Scott)
- Freaky Zeke (T.Scott)
- Beatle Ballads (J.Lennon/P.McCartney)
- Lanoola Goes Limp (J.Chaikin/M.Hardy/E.Sander)
The Jazz Story
- Part 1.Pickin’ Taters Blues (E.Marrow/J.R.Rein)
- Part 2.Oh Didn’t He Ramble (Traditional)
- High Society (P.Steele/W.Melrose)
- Part 3.Jungle Sound (T.Scott)
- Part 4.Swing Era (T.Scott)
- Part 5.Be Bop (T.Scott)
- Part 6.In The Vineyard (T.Scott)
- Avant Garde (J.Carter)
Dedication To John Coltrane
- A.Lament For John Coltrane (E.Jones/J.Farrell/W.Little)
- B.A Love Supreme (J.Coltrane)
- C.Holiday For A Graveyard (O.Coleman)
-A few Thoughts For The Day (Biafra, King, John and Robert, The American Indian) (T.Scott/J.Appleton/B.Thiele)
David T. Walker
Going Up!
Revue (RS 7211)
CD reissue: P-Vine (PCD-1324),
* previously unissued track
Los Angeles, mai 1969
David T. Walker guitar
Joe Sample piano
Horace Tapscott piano
Tracy Wright bass
Panama Francis percussions, drums
Richard Waters drums
Melvin Jernigan arranger
David Blumberg arranger
- Can I Change My Mind (Despense/Wolfolk)
- My Baby Loves Me (Hunter/Moy/Stevenson)
- Since You’ve Been Gone (Baby, Baby, Sweet Baby) (Franklin/White)
- I’m Going To Make You Love Me (Gamble/Ross/Williams)
- Medley : You Don’t Know What Love Is (DePaul/Raye)
This Guy’s In Love With You (Bacharach/David)
- Stormy (Buie/Cobb)
- Bad Bad Whiskey (Davis/Dayhs)
- Going Up (Walker)
- Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me (Burke/Dubin)
- Watch Out, Dynamite (Walker)
- Baby I Need Your Loving (Dozier/Holland) *
Elaine Brown
Seize The Time
Vault (131)
CD reissue: Water (water183)
Hollywood, early 70s
Elaine Brown vocals
Horace Tapscott piano, arranger
- Seize The Time (E.Brown)
- The Panther (E.Brown)
- And All Stood By (E.Brown)
- The End Of Silence (E.Brown)
- The Meeting (The Black Panther Party National Anthem) (E.Brown)
- Very Black Man (E.Brown)
- Take It Away (E.Brown)
- One Time (E.Brown)
- Assassination (E.Brown)
- Poppa’s Come Home (E.Brown)
Elaine Brown
Elaine Brown
Black Forum (BF 458L)
LP only
Hollywood, 1973
Elaine Brown vocals
Horace Tapscott arranger
- No Time (E.Brown)
- Jonathan (E.Brown)
- Can’t Go Back (E.Brown)
- All The Young And Fine Men (E.Brown)
- Until We’re Free (E.Brown)
- I Know Who You Are (E.Brown)
- Child In The World (E.Brown)
- A Little Baby (E.Brown)
- And We Shall Meet Again (E.Brown)
Billie Harris
I Want Some Water
Nimbus West (NS 510 C)
CD only,
* & ** previously unissued tracks:
* by the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (from the Live at the I.U.C.C. sessions),
** solo piano by Horace Tapscott (probably from The Tapscott Sessions)
Los Angeles, 1983
Billie Harris reeds
Horace Tapscott piano
David Bryant bass
Everett Brown, Jr. drums
Daa’oud Woods percussions
Lorelei vocals
- Prayer Of Happiness (B.Harris)
- I Want Some Water (B.Harris)
- The Advocate (B.Harris)
- Blues For Lupé (B.Harris)
- Many Nights Ago (C.Crunk) *
- Why Don’t You Listen? (H.Tapscott) **
Jesse Sharps
Sharps And Flats
Nimbus West (NS 3702 C)
CD only,
* previously unreleased track by the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (from the Live at the I.U.C.C. sessions)
Los Angeles, 1985
Jesse Sharps reeds
Steve Smith trumpet
Nate Morgan piano
Horace Tapscott piano
Joel Ector bass
Carl Burnett drums
- The Goat And Ram Jam (J.Sharps)
- Question (J.Sharps)
- Macramé (J.Sharps)
- Mike’s Tune (J.Sharps)
- As A Child (H.Tapscott)
- Carnival (J.Sharps)
- McKowsky’s First Fifth (J.Sharps) *
Michael Session
‘N Session
ITM Pacific (ITMP 970074)
CD only
Hollywood, March 24, 1990
Michael Session saxophones, vocals
Steve Smith trumpet
Jon Williams trumpet
Nate Morgan piano
Horace Tapscott piano
Henry Franklin bass
Sunship Theus drums
- Quagmire Manor At Five A.M. (M.Session)
- Bavarian Mist (M.Session)
- Short Stop (M.Session)
- UMATU (M.Session)
- No Cash (M.Session)
- Lately’s Solo (Milestones) (H.Tapscott)
- Maud’s Mood (H.Tapscott)
Nelly Pouget
Le Vivre
Minuit Regards (LH 27292)
CD & LP
* CD only
Paris, November 18 & 19, 1993
Nelly Pouget soprano and tenor saxophones
Horace Tapscott piano
Kent Carter bass
Andrew Cyrille drums
Michel Godard tuba, snake
Jean-François Jenny-Clark bass
Gérard Siracusa percussions
- Le Vivre (N.Pouget)
- Minuit Regards (N.Pouget)
- Bébé Ange (N.Pouget) *
- Les Poissons (N.Pouget)
- Douceur (N.Pouget) *
- Humoristique (N.Pouget) *
- Amour Ange Ange Amour (N.Pouget)
- Nina Bébé (N.Pouget)
- Variations De Clartés (N.Pouget) *
Project Blowed
Project Blowed
A-Team/Afterlife
CD & LP
Los Angeles, 1994
Aceyalone vocals
Self Jupiter vocals
Mikah Nine vocals
Peace vocals
Michael Hunter trumpet
Michael Rubin saxophones
Randall Willis tenor saxophone
Horace Tapscott piano
Nedra Wheeler bass
JMD drums
Abstract Rude voix
A.C. voix
B voix
Ganjah K vocals
Nefertiti vocals
T-Love vocals
- Jurassick (Aceyalone/Spoon Iodine)
- Who's There (Self Jupiter)
- Strenght of A.T.U. (Abstract Rude)
- What A Pity (C.V.E.)
- Don't Get It Twisted (Figures Of Speech)
- Hot (Freestyle Fellowship)
- Once Upon A Freak (Tray Loc)
- Beautiful Day In The Neighborood (Dolla Holla)
- Solo Is So Low (DK Toon/B/Cartoon)
- This Evening
- Heavyweights Round 2 (Peace/T-Love/A.C./Nefertiti/BJ)
- Funky Commercial Break (Funky Trend)
- Second Chance
- I Don't Know (Abstract Rude/Aceyalone)
- Yeh Man (Abstract Rude)
- Narcolepsy (C.V.E.)
- I Think (Aceyalone)
- Maskaraid Part, Pts. 1-2 (Abstract Rude/Aceyalone)
- Treble And Bass (Aceyalone/Abstract Rude)
Mikah 9
Timetable
Meanstreet (0535)
Los Angeles, 90s
Mikah 9 vocals
Randall Willis tenor saxophone
Tom Ralls trombone
Onaje Murray vibes
Horace Tapscott piano
Marvin McDaniel guitar
Nedra Wheeler bass
Don Littleton percussions
Kevin O’Neal arranger
Aceyalone vocals
Self Jupiter vocals
Peace vocals
- Let's Fly
- Breath Control
- Black Man Swing
- Ultra Bap
- Darkleaf/U.N.I.T.Y. Committee Party, Pt. 1
- Danger
- Way Cool Acapella
- Free Energy
- We Came From Beyond, Pt. 1
- Life Or Death
- Island Acapella, Pt. 1
- Park Bench People (Alternate Version)
- Speechless
- Darkleaf/U.N.I.T.Y. Committee Party, Pt. 2
- What You See Is What You Get
- American Nightmare
- Wake Up Show Freestyle
- Said To The Beach
- Darkleaf/U.N.I.T.Y. Committee Party, Pt. 3
- We Came From Beyond, Pt. 2
- Fruit Don't Fall...
- Island Acapella, Pt. 2
- First Things Last
Watts Prophets
When The 90’s Came
Payday/FFRR/AcidJazz (JAZID CD 166)
Los Angeles, 1996
Richard Dedeaux vocals
Anthony “Amde” Hamilton vocals
Otis O’Solomon vocals
Damu Vucha flute
Horace Tapscott piano
Rob Bacon guitar, bass, piano
DJ Quick drums
Damu harmonica
- When The 90’s Came (A.Hamilton)
- Hey World (O.O’Solomon/G.E.Bradshaw)
- The Law / Doin Everyday The Hard Way (A.Hamilton/O.O’Solomon/X.Mosley)
- Me Today You Tomorrow (A.Hamilton/R.Michael/B.Marley)
- Everybody Watches (R.Dedeaux/Stan B.)
- Breed What You Need (A.Hamilton/H.Tapscott)
- Trippin (A.Hamilton/DJ Quick)
- Searchin (A.Hamilton/G.Wilkinson/J.Hawkins)
- Nothin New (R.Dedeaux/Stan B.)
- I Remember Watts (R.Dedeaux)
- Family Nest (A.Hamilton/H.Tapscott)
- Free Geronimo (R.Dedeaux/A.Hamilton/O.O’Solomon/D.Vusha)
- Public Enemy Number One (O.O’Solomon)
- I’ll Stop Callin You Niggaz (A.Hamilton)
- While Growing Up (O.O’Solomon)
- Freedom Flame (R.Dedeaux)
- Hongry For Your Love (O.O’Solomon)
- In Pain I View (O.O’Solomon)
- Vanity (O.O’Solomon)
- When The 90’s Came (Acapella) (A.Hamilton)
Kamau Daaood
Leimert Park
MAMA Foundation (MMF 1019)
CD only
Los Angeles, February-April, 1997
Kamau Daaood vocals, poetry
Michael Session alto and soprano saxophones
Phil Vieux tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Randall Willis soprano and tenor saxophones
James Newton flute
Rodney Lee piano, organ, rhodes
Nate Morgan piano
Horace Tapscott piano
Karen Briggs violin
Osama Afifi bass
Art Davis bass
Roberto Miranda bass
Herb Graham, Jr. drums, percussions
Billy Higgins drums, guitar, gambri, vocals
Willie Jones III drums
Munyungo Jackson percussions
Carmen Bradford vocals
Dwight Trible vocals
- Leimert Park (K.Daaood/H.Graham, Jr.)
- Tears ((K.Daaood)
- Her (For My Wife, Baadia) (K.Daaood/B.Higgins)
- Deep River In Her Voice (For Billie Holiday) (K.Daaood)
- Balm Of Gilead (For Billie Holiday & Lester Young) (K.Daaood)
- Sunbathing In My Tears (K.Daaood/M.Jackson)
- The Men (K.Daaood/R.Carter)
- Liberator Of The Spirit (For John Coltrane) (K.Daaood/B.Higgins)
- World Music (K.Daaood/B.Higgins)
- Ancestral Echoes ((K.Daaood/H.Tapscott)
- Army Of Healers (K.Daaood/H.Tapscott)
- Art Blakey’s Drumsticks (K.Daaood/N.Morgan)
