Horace Tapscott

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. 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. 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.

As a leader
1969 The Giant Is Awakened

1978 The Call

1978 Songs Of The Unsung

1979 Horace Tapscott with The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

1981 Live At Lobero vol2

1989 The Dark Tree(2 CDs)

1993 Arkestra Live in Chicago

1995 Aiee The Phantom

1995 Among Friends

1996 Thoughts Of Dar Es Salaam

As composer and arranger
With Sonny Criss
 * Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Prestige, 1968)