MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 2 x 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Gary Bias - alto sax, soprano sax
Roberto Miguel Miranda - bass
Everett Brown Jr. - drums, percussion
Horace Tapscott - piano
Sabir Matteen - tenor sax
Reggie Bullen - trumpet
lately's solo - 10:30
dial 'b' for barbra - 9:47
dem' folks - 19:37
lately’s solo (take one) - 17:30
heard ya before ya got here - 9:21
The best of pianist Horace Tapscott's recordings for the tiny Nimbus label is this 1981 LP which features him in a sextet with trumpeter Reggie Bullen, altoist Gary Bias, tenor saxophonist Sabir Matteen, bassist Roberto Miranda and drummer Everett Brown, Jr.
The group stretches out on a couple of Tapscott's originals plus a 19½-minute version of Linda Hill's "Dem Folks"
Although the music could be called avant-garde, its use of rhythms and repetition keep the results from being forbidding and the performances have a momentum of their own
- Scott Yanow / AMG -
A great group recording from pianist Horace Tapscott – recorded in LA in the early 80s, but done with all the righteousness and spirituality of his earlier albums! Tracks are long and exploratory, but also relatively lyrical too – stretching out with a style that's never too 'outside', and which has Horace and the group really soaring to the heavens on the best moments!
The group here is a sextet – with the great Gary Bias on alto and soprano saxophone, plus Sabir Matteen on tenor, Reggie Bullen on trumpet, Roberto Miguel Miranda on bass, and Everett Brown on drums and percussion – all working with a cohesiveness that reminds us of some of Tapscott's larger group recordings, but with a cleaner, leaner kind of feel
Titles include "Lately's Solo", "Dial B For Barbara", and "Dem Folks"
RECORDING February 26 1980 at United-Western Studios Los Angeles, CA
ENGINEERING Dennis Moody
LABEL Nimbus
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED 2021
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Post Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
