Horace Tapscott Quintet - The Giant Is Awakened

Horace Tapscott Quintet
The Giant Is Awakened
Flying Dutchman : 1969

HT, piano;
Black Arthur Blythe, alto;
David Bryant, bass;
Walter Savage Jr., bass;
Everett Brown Jr., drums.

Here is a banging number from that Other swinging piano player named Horace. Relatively unknown, but a crucial Anchor of the jazz scene in 1960s L.A. Created the Union of God’s Musicians & Artists Ascension,
Effectively launching folks like Black Arthur Blythe, David Murray, “Butch” Morris…

This album was in fact Blythe’s recording debut And it’s a corker through and through. Particularly notable is Tapscott’s own solo, Synthesizing/anticipating Monk, Waldron, Pullen, plus Copping some Jelly Roll too.
Other great sources on Tapscott include his own autobiography;
The Dark Tree, by Steven Louis Isoardi; and The album by the same name, out via hat.