Released 1991 Label hatOLOGY | Length 99:46 Release date 1991 | |
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Recorded December 14-17, 1989 at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, California Producer Gunther Georg Schmid & Werner X. Uehlinger The Dark Tree(1991) Aiee! The Phantom(1996) Similar Horace Tapscott albums, Jazz albums | ||
Horace tapscott the dark tree live hq audio
The Dark Tree is a live album by pianist Horace Tapscott recorded in 1989 and released on the Hat ART label as two separate volumes in 1991. The album was re-released as a double CD in 1999, 2006 and 2009
Contents
- Horace tapscott the dark tree live hq audio
- Horace tapscott the dark tree 1 2 1999 compilation
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Horace tapscott the dark tree 1 2 1999 compilation
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The pianist shows his feathers on piece after piece (most of which were written by him), in which he is as comfortable with post-bop runs as he is with their avant-garde implications. Through it all, you can hear his blues-drenched roots".
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album a "Crown" signifying a recording that the authors "feel a special admiration or affection for".
All About Jazz stated "The Dark Tree has only been sporadically available since its original, limited edition release in 1991, and the re-releases have been small runs. In the gloaming, fables have grown around the album. But as is by no means always the case with rarities, the reality here is as good as the legend: this motherlode of groove is a signature performance by a woefully neglected artist"
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Tapscott except as indicated
Disc One:
- "The Dark Tree" - 20:56
- "Sketches of Drunken Mary" - 11:32
- "Lino's Pad" - 16:46
- "One for Lately" (Thurman Green) - 10:24
Disc Two:
- "Sandy and Niles" - 11:17
- "Bavarian Mist" (Michael Session) - 13:16
- "The Dark Tree 2" - 18:30
- "A Dress for Renee" - 4:57
- "Nyja's Theme" - 19:44
Personnel
Songs
1The Dark Tree20:56
2Sketches of Drunken Mary11:32
3Lino's Pad16:46