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October 24, 2008
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***UPDATED***
Third Annual Horace Tapscott Tribute
Nov. 6 at CSU Dominguez Hills
WHAT: Third Annual Tribute
to Horace Tapscott
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.
WHERE: LaCorte Hall, A-103, CSU Dominguez Hills campus
COST: Free
(Carson, CA) — A showing
of rare footage of Los Angeles jazz legend Horace Tapscott will
be presented Thursday, Nov. 6, at California State University,
Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) for the Third Annual Memorial Tribute to
Horace Tapscott.
Presented by the CSUDH Music Department, the event will begin
at 7 p.m. in LaCorte Hall A103. Admission is free.
A pianist, composer and band leader, Tapscott
(1934-1999) was a mainstay in the Los Angeles jazz scene for
five decades. He made
a name for himself not only for his avant-garde style of jazz,
but also for his social activism in Los Angeles’ inner city
neighborhoods. While his dissident behavior ostracized him from
the mainstream music industry in the 1970s, his commitment to the
community would be Tapscott’s greatest contribution to music
in the L.A. region.
It was during the 1970s that Tapscott devoted
much of his artistic energies to his Pan-African People’s
Arkestra, which he originally formed in 1961. The grassroots,
community-based ensemble served
as a creative outlet for youth in the community and also as a vehicle
for up-and-coming L.A. musicians. Led by Tapscott, the sometimes
30-strong troupe performed a mixture of jazz (often Tapscott original
compositions), spirituals, dance and poetry mostly at local churches,
community centers and parks.
The video being shown next Thursday night features
Tapscott performing his own works, produced on the campus of CSU
Dominguez Hills in the early 1990s. His granddaughter Raisha Wilcots
will be at the event and provide commentary of the video.
LaCorte Hall is located off Toro Center Drive adjacent to Parking
Lot 6 on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hill,
1000 E. Victoria Street in Carson. A map of the campus is available
online at http://www.csudh.edu/site/VisitUs/campusmap.shtml.
This event is sponsored by the California State
University, Dominguez Hills, Division of Performing, Visual and
Digital Media
Arts Music Department within the College of Arts and Humanities
For further information on this and other concert series events,
call (310) 243-3543.
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