6 February 2014

HOARACE TAPSCOTT "THE GIANT IS AWAKENED" (FLYING DUTCHMAN, 1969)






















Serviceton, in the comments to his post of Arthur Blythe's bush baby has kindly also added the classic 1969 Horace Tapscott album 'the giant is awakened' another beauty as yet unreissued on disc except briefly in japan as a semi authorised 'release".

Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto Saxophone
David Bryant - bass
Walter Savage Jr - bass
Everett Brown Jr - drums


Recorded April 1, 1969 in Los Angeles
Produced by Bob Thiele
Released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label
FDS-107


A1. The Giant Is Awakened (Tapscott)     17:19
A2. For Fats (Blythe)                   02:20
B1. The Dark Tree (Tapscott)            06:58
B2. Niger's Theme (Tapscott)            11:54


cheers serviceton!

Note:
This a re-up (kind-of) of the 2008 post from Sotise ...
...new links added (from CD re-issue - OOP...)
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12 comments:

  1. Big Papi5 November 2008 at 14:56:00 CET

    Are there any links for this post? My dad had this lp and I loved it.

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  2. Anonymous3 February 2009 at 06:55:00 CET

    This album was issued domestically on CD on RCA Novus in 1991. It was hard to recognize because it had new artwork and was paired with the John Carter/Bobby Bradford Quartet's "Flight For Four" on a CD called 'West Coast Hot.'

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  3. Joshua21 April 2009 at 06:32:00 CEST

    http://rs282.rapidshare.com/files/122802590/tapscottgiant320.rar you're welcome

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  4. Anonymous9 September 2010 at 23:20:00 CEST

    The opening cut is one of the most power pieces that I can think of from this period, itself brimming with Great Black Music.

    Blythe on the opener is particularly memorable and moving.

    Pity that this monumental work has been so totally ignored. But thanks for introducing it (and much other fabulous music) to me!

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  5. Anonymous26 March 2011 at 02:39:00 CET

    gulp. this is a killer!

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  6. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth6 February 2014 at 21:16:00 CET

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  7. dan7 February 2014 at 17:19:00 CET

    Giant Indeed! thank you

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  8. Clifford Allen8 February 2014 at 23:12:00 CET

    FYI, this will be reissued later in 2014 by the International Phonograph label on CD with the original artwork. They did the Bill Dixon "Intents & Purposes" CD and the Hemphill "Dogon A.D." reissue, so it will definitely be high quality.

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  9. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth9 February 2014 at 01:44:00 CET

    Clifford - thank you for the information.
    Ladies and gentleman - I'll delete the links immediately.
    For me it's clear - I will buy the new re-issue.

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  10. Anonymous9 February 2014 at 12:39:00 CET

    Hello, I'm a Tapscott's fan , can you reupload the others Tapscott's concerts in the site? Thanks
    jazzer3ogun

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  11. Tantris10 February 2014 at 22:57:00 CET

    Clifford - that's good news, as I have the Bill Dixon and Julius Hemphill CDs that International Phonograph have issued, and they're excellent. I can't see any news, or details of future releases on their website - do you know what else they might do in 2014?

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  12. Lee13 February 2014 at 00:31:00 CET

    That is great news about the reissue! They just put out the Carter/Bradford session Flight for Four. I love that they're bringing back these classics.

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