Horace Tapscott - 1983 - Dial 'B' For Barbra

Horace Tapscott

1983

Dial 'B' For Barbra

01. Lately's Solo 10:30

02. Dial 'B' For Barbra 9:47

03. Dem' Folks 19:37

Drums, Percussion – Everett Brown Jr.

Piano – Horace Tapscott

Saxophone [Alto, Soprano] – Gary Bias

Saxophone [Tenor] – Sabir Matteen

Trumpet – Reggie Bullen

Violin [Bass] – Roberto Miguel Miranda

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.