On October 14th 1989, Horace Tapscott, founder of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, performed alongside his close friend and musical partner Michael Session at the Théâtre du Chêne Noir in Avignon, France. This was during a tour in which they traveled across Europe. The duo presented compositions by Leimert Park musicians Jesse Sharps, Nate Morgan and Tapscott himself. The stark instrumentation of this concert led to minimal arrangements of compositions typically performed by much larger ensembles. The result is a one of a kind experience where Tapscott & Session challenged each others abilities and pushed the music to new boundaries. This is the first physical release from The Village, a label dedicated to releasing West Coast spiritual jazz.

This album will be available digitally and on vinyl September 25th.

Horace Tapscott & Michael Session - Retribution, Reparation

Horace Tapscott & Michael Session - The Goat And Ram Jam

At 22 years old Jamael Dean has self-released numerous works as both Jira >< (production) and Jasik (rap/spoken word), led the Afronauts for an album on Stones Throw Records, and collaborated with Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Niño. Ished Tree sets itself apart from his previous projects as it features Jamael playing solo piano. Jamael notes, “I love the social aspect of playing music, and playing music with others is like having a conversation where you are able to express yourself in ways that you can’t normally verbalize. I’ve had some of the best conversations playing music with the people I have grown up with. Playing by myself can often feel like I’m talking to myself, or giving a lecture when I’m the only one in the room.”

Ballad For Samuel

Soul Of The Griot

Tapscottian Waltz

Black Sheep

Anpu

Journey In The Night

Introspection

When There Is No Sun

Duat

Cancer

The Village is a record label based in Los Angeles dedicated to releasing new and archival recordings of west coast spiritual jazz with roots in the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

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