Horace Tapscott

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.allmusicguide | id=11:0iftxqy5ldse~T00] 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.cite web|url=http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/music/mlsc/collection.cfm?id=368&f=jazz|title=Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection|accessdate=2008-04-13 |format=HTML|work=Jazz Archival Collections|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles] Arthur Blythe, Stanley Crouch, Butch Morris, Wilber Morris, David Murray, and Jimmy Woods all performed in Tapscott's Arkestra at one time or another. Tapscott and his work are the subjects of the UCLA Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection.cite web|url=http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt187019m6|title=Finding Aid for the Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection 1960-2002|accessdate=2008-04-13 |format=HTML|work=Online Archive of California]

References

External links

* [http://www.posi-tone.com/tapscott/ Horace Tapscott site]

Interviews

* [http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/tapscott.htm "A Fireside Chat With Horace Tapscott] , by Fred Jung, from "Jazz Weekly"
* [http://www.bobrosenbaum.com/transcripts/tapscott1.pdf Listening In: An Interview with Horace Tapscott] by Bob Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, October 1982 (PDF file)