Happy Birthday Horace Tapscott!

Remembering pianist/composer Horace Tapscott on his birthday with three stellar Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra performances. 

Happy Birthday Dwight Trible!

Celebrating Dwight Trible's birthday with a great versions of Horace Tapscott's "Mothership" and Donny Hathaway's "Tryin' Times"

Get a copy of Dwight Trible's fantastic Mothership album via Bandcamp right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Nicola Conte & Cloud Danko

Here's another stellar selection of vintage spiritual jazz from Nicola Conte & Cloud Danko. 

Tracklist: 
Intro - The Voyage
Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Desert Fairy Princess
Uele Kalabubu Et Sa Tribu - Tara Din Din
The Yoruba Singers - Ojinga's Own
Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah - 200 To 500 Years Ago
Smahila & The S.B.'s - African Movement
Spirit Konekson - Kini Hewu
Abeti - Bibile
Hedzoleh Soundz - Tsui Sitoo (Patience)
Archie Shepp - Song For Mozambique / Poem: A Sea Of Faces
La Mont Zeno Theatre feat. Masequa Myers - Black Land Of The Nile
Kuumba-Toudie Heath - Kamili
McCoy Tyner - Asante

Listen via Mixcloud right here. 

RIP Arthur Blythe, 1940-2017

Remembering saxophone great Arthur Blythe with his performances alongside Horace Tapscott and Azar Lawrence.