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Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Great Voice of UGMAA: Why Don't You Listen? - Live at LACMA, 1998

Read "Why Don't You Listen? - Live at LACMA, 1998" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 14, 2019

In every decade since the 1960s, dedicated listeners have called for the world to get hip to the music of Horace Tapscott. In 1963 he formed the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in Los Angeles. Like Chicago's Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians (AACM) and St. Louis' Black Artists Group (BAG), Tapscott's collective was formed to serve ...

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Live At The Century City Playhouse – Los Angeles, 1979

By Vinny Golia

Label: Dark Tree Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1st Set: #2; Views; 2nd Set: Chronos I; Chronos II; The Victims (for Steve Biko).

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Vinny Golia Wind Quartet: Live At The Century City Playhouse – Los Angeles, 1979

Read "Live At The Century City Playhouse – Los Angeles, 1979" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 27, 2018

If you were born yesterday, you can be forgiven for believing the West Coast jazz scene begins with Kamasi Washington. As with most things related to jazz, New York is the focus, with slight consideration of Chicago. The rich history of Los Angeles' creative community, including the early Ornette Coleman ensembles, Dexter Gordon, Horace Tapscott, Frank ...

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En Corps Generation

By Eve Risser

Label: Dark Tree Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Des Corps; Des Âmes.

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Eve Risser / Benjamin Duboc / Edward Perraud: En Corps Generation

Read "En Corps Generation" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 1, 2017

The eponymous debut En Corps (Dark Tree, 2012) by the French triumvirate of pianist Eve Risser, bassist Benjamin Duboc and drummer Edward Perraud made several year-end lists, and Génération belongs in the same category. Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed, 2016) by Risser's White Desert Orchestra revealed her as a composer of note, as well ...

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Tournesol

By Benjamin Duboc/Julien Desprez/Julien Loutelier

Label: Dark Tree Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Pour Que; La; Nuit; S’ouvre.

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Benjamin Duboc/Julien Desprez/Julien Loutelier: Tournesol

Read "Tournesol" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 3, 2016

The free improvisations by Benjamin Duboc, Julien Desprez, and Julien Loutelier on Tournesol or “Sunflower" bring to mind the lyrics to “Love Dance," a minor crossover hit for George Benson in 1980: “From too much talk to loving touches/Love touches when pure emotion takes the moment/We take the chance/Turn up the quiet, love wants to dance." ...

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No U Turn: Live In Pasadena, 1975

By Bobby Bradford

Label: Dark Tree Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Love’s Dreams; She; Comin’ On; Come Softly; Circle.

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Bobby Bradford & John Carter Quintet: No U Turn: Live In Pasadena, 1975

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by Mark Corroto
May 14, 2015

History, it is said, is written by the victors. With jazz history, the story is too often written by New Yorkers, or at least those east of the Mississippi. Listeners with inquisitive minds are required to dig deeper, into record bins and into interviews with musicians to learn about players that did not make New York ...

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Daunik Lazro and Henri Roger with Benjamin Duboc and Didier Lasserre

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 27, 2014

The French double bassist Benjamin Duboc and drummer Didier Lasserre have created together a unique, highly personal language. Their inventive and telepathic interplay can stir emotional storms produced with minimal, almost evasive elements and color any collaboration with vivid, spell-binding moods. Their latest improvised collaborations with baritone saxophonist Daunik Lazro and pianist Henri Roger demonstrate Duboc ...