Folks, when The Jazz Bakery loses its lease, you know sh*t has gotten bad for this music we love here in Los Angeles. Off Ramp's John Rabe recently interviewed owner Ruth Price on the situation.
In a timely manner, before said lease goes bye-bye (on June 1), the annual Horace Tapscott Tribute Concert had moved its stakes from UC-Dominguez Hills to the Bakery on April 26 for two shows. Check out the players involved:
Piano - Mahash
Bass - Roberto Miranda, Nick Rosen
Drums - Koran Harrison, Makela Session
Percussion - Bill Madison
Flutes - Kafi Roberts, Maia
Sop Sax - Jesse Sharps
Alto Sax - Michael Session, Tracy Caldwell
Tenor Sax - Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, Randel Fischer, Ralph Gibson
Bari Sax - Amos Delong Jr.
Trumpet - Steven Smith, Richard Grant, John Williams
Trombone - Phil Randlin, Rembert James, Issac Smith
French Horn - Fundi Legn
Spoken word - Kamau Daaoud, J.J. Kabasa
Vocals - Dwight Trible
Lord have mercy. With the return of Jesse Sharps and Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, Ark bandleaders from the 1970s, this should be an amazing concert.
It's been little over 10 years since Mr. Tapscott's passing. He would have been 75 this April 6th. Coincidentally, April 6 also saw the release of the latest issue (#34) of the maverick music mag Waxpoetics, which features a 10-page article on Horace and the Arkestra. Many pictures included!
There are also several live musical events, many of them Arkestra/Tapscott related, coming up this month:
12 April, 8pm – Extraordinary vocalist Dwight Trible’s annual Easter celebration at -- guess where? -- the Jazz Bakery.
17 April, 8:30pm – at the World Stage in Leimert – The live oral history series World Stage Stories continues with an interview with drummer/label owner Alphonse Mouzon. Upcoming interviewees include pianist John Beasley (May 8) and vocalist Bill Henderson (May 22).
19 April, 3pm – Benefit for ailing, great L.A./Arkestra pianist Nate Morgan at the Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill, 6122 Sunset, at Gower, across from CBS.
