75666

    Horace Tapscott Quintet The Giant Is Awakened

    Flying Dutchman
    • Horace Tapscott Quintet – The Giant Is Awakened
    • Horace Tapscott Quintet – For Fats
    • Horace Tapscott Quintet – The Dark Tree
    • Horace Tapscott Quintet – Niger's Theme
    • 1. The Giant Is Awakened
    • 2. For Fats
    • 3. The Dark Tree
    • 4. Niger's Theme

    This album has been out of print for near on 50 years and is a 100% essential cornerstone deep, deep spiritual jazz release - don't miss out!

    Seminal spiritual jazz masterpiece from 1969! Horace Tapscott's debut (and only) release for a major label - Flying Dutchman - occurred at the height of the civil rights/black power movement in the USA. Soon after the Watts Riots (65), Tapscott was the central figure at the heart of the community music scene (a precursor to that of Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus almost 50 years later).

    Flying Dutchman was the only major label that Tapscott trusted to release his music - a testament to founder Bob Thiele who had produced John Coltrane's seminal Impulse releases throughout the 1960s. At the same time as Tapscott, Flying Dutchman signed Gil Scott Heron and Leon Thomas.

    Other Releases on Flying Dutchman

    Lonnie Liston SmithExpansions (1975)Flying Dutchman
    The original all-time classic rare groove anthem. Expand your mind!
    • – Expansions
    • – Voodoo Woman
    Lonnie Liston SmithVisions Of A New World (1975)Flying Dutchman
    Seminal jazz funk deep fusion classic featuring "A Chance For Peace". Essential in anyone's collection!
    • – A Chance For Peace
    • Original LP£80.00
      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal gatefold USA vinyl, (top spine part split)
    • CD CDBGPM294£7.99
      In stockAdd to Bag
    Gil Scott-HeronA New Black Poet : Small Talk at 125th and Lennox (1970)Flying Dutchman
    Legendary classic first album featuring heavyweight percussion backing up the amazing spoken poetry/rap of the young genius. E-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L!
      Gil Scott-HeronPieces Of A Man (1971)Flying Dutchman
      Must-have Gil Scott-Heron album featuring "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" and so many more tunes!
      • – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
      • – Save The Children
      • – Lady Day And John Coltrane
      • – Home Is Where The Hatred Is
      • – When You Are Who You Are
      • – I Think Ill Call It Morning
      • – Pieces Of A Man
      • – A Sign Of The Ages
      • – Or Down You Fall
      • – The Needles Eye
      • – The Prisoner
      Leon ThomasSpirits Known And UnknownFlying Dutchman
      Reissue of the all-time classic jazz album originally released via the legendary Flying Dutchman label in 1969. Includes the classic deep jazz track 'The...
      • – The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)
      Lonnie Liston SmithAstral Travelling (1973)Flying Dutchman
      Classic album of deep, deep, funky jazz......Includes 'Astral Travelling', as covered by Pharoah Sanders. Heavyweight line-up including Cecil McBee on...
        Oliver NelsonBlack, Brown And BeautifulFlying Dutchman
        Originally released on Flying Dutchman in 1970.Deep, deep jazz...
          Steve MarcusSometime Other Than Now (1976)Flying Dutchman
          Rare Flying Dutchman release from 1976 - tough fusion from saxophonist Steve Marcus and his group
            • Original LP£20.00
              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, original Flying Dutchman!
              In stockAdd to Bag
            Leon ThomasBlues And The Soulful TruthFlying Dutchman
            Great deep funky vocal jazz. Includes 'Shape Your Mind To Die'.
              Leon ThomasFull CircleFlying Dutchman
              Fantasic deep vocal jazz! Includes "Balance Of Life" and "It's My Life I'm Fighting For"
                Lonnie Liston SmithReflections Of A Golden Dream (1976)Flying Dutchman
                Superb, deep funky cosmic spiritual jazz. 100% completely essential deepness! EVERY track is killer.
                • – get down everybody (it's time for world peace)
                • – quiet dawn
                Oliver Edward NelsonIn London With Oily Rags (1974)Flying Dutchman
                Recorded in London with - unbelieveably - Chas & Dave in the line-up! FLying Dutchman, 1974
                  • Original LP£15.00
                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
                    In stockAdd to Bag
                  Pretty PurdieSoul Is... Pretty Purdie (1972)Flying Dutchman
                  A wild one! After the straight hard funk of some of his earlier recordings as a leader, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie breaks out here in a compelling album of...
                  • – what's going on
                  Gil Scott-HeronFree Will (1972)Flying Dutchman
                  Brilliant early Gil Scott-Heron album. One of his rarest on the great Flying Dutchman label.
                  • – Free Will
                  • – Sex Education Ghetto Style

                  People also bought

                  The Upsetters with Vin GordonMusical BonesStudio 16
                  KILLER RARITY!! Bargain priced! Very rare Upsetters & Vin Gordon album 'Musical Bones' was first released in the U.K. in 1975 only on a white-label pressing...
                  • – Coco-Macca
                  • – Fly Away
                  • – The Message
                  • – Licky-Licky
                  • – Labrish
                  • – Quinge-Up
                  • – Raw-Chaw
                  • – 5 Cardiff Crescent
                  • – Four Of A Kind
                  • – Voodoo Man
                  Kuumba-Toudie HeathKawaidaReel Music
                  Limited 40th anniversary edition. An essential piece of spiritual jazz history featuring legends Herbie Hancock and Don Cherry. Pressed on heavyweight...
                    Door To The CosmosOn The Corner Records
                    ‘Door to the Cosmos’ realises the label's rawkus sonic explorations are brought to the fore via 24 tracks making a heady blend of label mainstays and...
                    • Azu Tiwaline feat. Cinna Peyghamy – Violet Curves
                    • Khalab – Sorry
                    • DNGDNGDNG – Hiperborea (Quixosis Remix)
                    • JD Twitch – Agyapong
                    • BKCLX – Sisters Brew
                    • Edrix Puzzle – Jonny Buck Buck
                    • Don Korto – Samosa Beat #02
                    • Rebecca Vasman – Teen Town
                    • Uffe – City's Dead
                    • Planet Battagon – Wezlee's Disco Inferno
                    • Clive from Accounts – The Rain
                    • Jose Marquez – La Negra Lorenza
                    • Guedra Guedra pres. Taxi Kabir – Couscous Curtain
                    • Tamar Collocutor V – Everywhere (Live at TRC – Black Classical Speedbump Mix)
                    • Don Korto – Samosa Beat #01
                    • Ariwo – Flameback Dance
                    • Batida feat. Karlon – Aquecedor
                    • Petwo Evans – Wheels
                    • Dengue Dengue Dengue – Semillero (Nicola Cruz Remix)
                    • Sunken Cages – Sounds For Zanzi (Iyer Remix)
                    • Babani Soundsystem – Touni Minwi
                    • Collocutor – Lost and Found (Afrikan Sciences Remix)
                    • Dengue Dengue Dengue – Amnative
                    • Tenesha The Wordsmith feat. Tamar Collocutor – Yemaya (Vasmant Mixmaster)
                    WAMONO A to Z Vol. 1: Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980180g
                    An essential primer for those with an interest in Japanese popular music culture and, specifically, the 'Wamono' sound - the cream of the Japanese funk,...
                    • Toshiko Yonekawa – Soran Bushi
                    • Takeo Yamashita – A Touch Of Japanese Tone
                    • Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys – Jongara Reggae
                    • Chikara Ueda & The Power Station – Cloudy
                    • Chumei Watanabe – Downtown Blues
                    • Kifu Mitsuhashi – Hanagasa Ondo
                    • Monica Lassen & The Sounds – Incitation
                    • Norio Maeda, Jiro Inagaki & The All-Stars – Go Go A Go Go
                    • Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band – The Sidewinder
                    • Masahiko Sato, Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media – Sniper's Snooze
                    • 1. Toshiko Yonekawa – Soran Bushi
                    • 2. Takeo Yamashita – A Touch Of Japanese Tone
                    • 3. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys – Jongara Reggae
                    • View full info and tracklisting
                    Milton NascimentoUltimo TremFar Out Recordings
                    First time on vinyl!Following the release of Milton Nascimento's Maria Maria, Far Out Recordings proudly presents Nascimento's 1980 follow up.
                      Dudu Pukwana and the SpearsDudu Pukwana and the SpearsMatsuli Music
                      Original Dudu Phukwana and the Spears album recorded in 1968 and only released in South Africa via Trutone’s Quality label in 1969. Features acetatere...
                        Shelley ParkerRed CottonHessle Audio
                        Hessle Audio release the label debut from London-based Shelley Parker. Skeletal breakbeats and looming sub bass!
                        • – Red Cotton
                        • – Angel Oak
                        • – Angel Oak (Ploy Remix)
                        • – Masonry Pier
                        The Sweet InspirationsThe Sweet InspirationsReel Music
                        Available for the first time since 1979. Remastered and reissued on heavyweight translucent gold vinyl, complete with extended liner notes and limited...
                          Robin Jones SevenEl MajaJazz Room Records
                          Paul Murphy's unbeatable Jazz Room Records reissue this rare, 1972 album from British jazz troupe, Robin Jones Seven. Features the uptempo, latin-jazz...
                          • – El Maja
                          • – Santa De La Luna
                          • – Hot Chilli Sauce
                          • – Oya
                          • – Gina
                          • – Atlas
                          • – Batucada Da Vida
                          • – The Wailer
                          • – Warm Loving Eyes
                          • – Chant Afrique
                          • – El Lobo
                          • – Carica Papaya
                          The AwakeningHear, Sense And FeelBlack Jazz Records
                          The Awakening are the heaviest of all the groups to release on Black Jazz Records - this is simply a spiritual jazz classic album - every track is superb....
                          • – Awakening - Prologue Spring Thing
                          • – Convulsions
                          • – Kera's Dance
                          • – Brand New Feeling
                          Roscoe WeathersI'll RememberJazzman
                          Roscoe Weathers is a jazzman who earned his chops the hard way, a sideman in smoky clubs from Memphis to Seattle, before finally settling in LA. He recorded...
                          • – Poem For Anna
                          • – Penny Whistle Montuna
                          • – Yours Alone
                          • – Afro Latin Junto II
                          • – Root Flute
                          • – Blue Flute
                          • – The Bob White Bird
                          • – Echoes
                          • – Dandelion Wine
                          • – Blue Cha Cha
                          • – I'll Remember Clover
                          Thelonious MonkPalo AltoImpulse!
                          'Palo Alto' is a previously unknown and unreleased live Thelonious Monk recording from 1968! After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in...
                          • – Epistrophy
                          KaleidoscopeSoul Jazz Records
                          Soul Jazz Records’ new album ‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ brings together many of the ground-breaking artists involved in the...
                          • Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – When The World Was One
                          • Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees
                          • Hector Plimmer – Communication Control
                          • Ill Considered – Long Way Home (Live At The Crypt)
                          • The Expansions – Mosaic
                          • Chip Wickham – Red Planet
                          • Levitation Orchestra – Odyssey
                          • Emma-Jean Thackray – Walrus
                          • Tenderlonious and The 22archestra – The Shakedown
                          • Pokus – Pokus One
                          • Theon Cross – Candace Of Meroe
                          • Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin – Tanner's Tango
                          • Collocutor – Gozo
                          • Makaya McCraven – Untitled
                          • Nat Birchall – Ancient World
                          • Ruby Rushton – Moonlight Woman
                          • Ebi Soda – Dimmsdale
                          • The Cromagnon Band – Thunder Perfect
                          • SEED Ensemble – Mirrors
                          • Ishmael Ensemble – Kito's Theme
                          • Vels Trio – Yellow Ochre (Part 1)
                          • 1. Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – When The World Was One
                          • 2. Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees
                          • 3. Hector Plimmer – Communication Control
                          • View full info and tracklisting
                          The Positive ForceOracyRain&Shine
                          Reissue of this rare, spiritual jazz masterpiece from Detroit, '77!
                          • – The African In Winter
                          • – Kupenda Na Kuhitaji
                          • – Beautiful Flower
                          • – Praise Song
                          • – Poem For My Lady
                          • – Afrika Needs You
                          • – Brothers
                          • – Guerilla Warfare
                          • – The Weight Don't Make Things No Lighter
                          Linval ThompsonWorkingBlack Roots
                          Unreleased 80s roots dubplate from producer & singer Linval Thompson, ruff soundbizness!
                          • – Working
                          • – Working (Version)
                          Run The JewelsRTJ4BMG
                          This 11 song, 40 minute album is Run The Jewels' most ferocious and focused effort to date, and sports a lineup of all-star guests including Pharrell Williams,...
                          • – yankee and the brave (ep. 4)
                          • – ooh la la (feat. Greg Nice & DJ Premier)
                          • – out of site (feat. 2 Chainz)
                          • – holy calamafuck
                          • – goonies vs. E.T.
                          • – walking in the snow
                          • – JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha)
                          • – never look back
                          • – the ground below
                          • – pulling the pin (feat. Mavis Staples & Josh Homme)
                          • – a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
                          Doug Carn feat. The Voice of Jean CarnSpirit Of The New LandBlack Jazz Records
                          Untouchable deep, spiritual jazz once more on Black Jazz from Doug Carn, with the soaring vocals of his then wife Jean Carn. Untouchable stuff! Of all...
                          • – My Spirit
                          • – Arise And Shine
                          • – Trance Dance
                          Cosmic Discotheque Vol. 3: 12 Junkshop Disco Funk Gems from the 70sNaughty Rhythm Records
                          After the second volume's Afro oriented atmospheres, this new chapter will take us right back to the heart of 70's disco-funk/proto-disco/cosmic. A glorious...
                          • Pop Stars – Musique Suspense
                          • Epsilon – Ayayaya
                          • Hit Machine – Hit Machine
                          • Crystal Grass – Crystal World
                          • Springblossom – Bump
                          • The Disco Maniax Band – Dance Version
                          • Hot Butter – Getting Off
                          • Captain Dax – Dr. Beezar Soul Frankenstein
                          • The Softones – Bulldog (Dog Power Song)
                          • The Bumpers – Do the Bump
                          • Bribosia – Free Move
                          • Steve Bender – The Final Thing (Instrumental)
                          Nat BirchallUpright LivingTradition Disc
                          Anticipated follow-up to Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner's stunning 'Sounds Almighty'! Another KILLER deep, roots rock reggae instrumental album, again...
                          • – Man From Jones Town
                          • – Dub From Manchester
                          • – Upright Living
                          • – Upfull Dubbing
                          • – Mystical Dawn
                          • – Wise Man Style/Dub Of The Prophet
                          • – African Village Dance
                          • – Village Dub
                          • – Tribute To The Great Tommy McCook
                          SaultUNTITLED (Black Is)Forever Living Originals
                          Sault are back! The mysterious troupe return with their signature hybrid of funk, dance, post-punk and soul. 'Untitled' is, without a doubt, their finest...
                          • – Stop Dem
                          • – Don't Shoot Guns Down
                          • – Sorry Ain't Enough
                          • – Bow feat. Michael Kiwanuka
                          • – Black
                          • – Miracles
                          Walter Bishop, Jr.Coral KeysBlack Jazz Records
                          Superb spiritual deepness once more channelling Coltrane, Tyner et al with the great Idris Muhammed on drums - this is a super tight set, wicked super...
                          • – Coral Keys
                          • – Waltz For Zweetie
                          Spiritual Jazz 12: Impulse!Jazzman
                          Jazzman delves deep into the catalogue of legendary label, Impulse! for the 12th release in their crucial 'Spiritual Jazz' series. This compilation features...
                          • John Coltrane – A Love Supreme - Pt 1 Acknowledgement
                          • Elvin Jones – Fantazm
                          • Max Roach – Lonesome Lover
                          • Yusef Lateef – Sister Mamie
                          • Freddie Hubbard – The 7th Day
                          • McCoy Tyner – Three Flowers
                          • Elvin Jones – Half & Half
                          • McCoy Tyner – Groove Waltz
                          • Archie Shepp – Le Matin Des Noire
                          • Michael White – The Blessing Song
                          • Alice Coltrane – Turiya & Ramakrishna
                          • Phil Woods – A Taste Of Honey
                          • Pharoah Sanders – Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah
                          • John Klemmer – Constant Throb (Part 1)
                          • Pharoah Sanders – Thembi
                          • Marion Brown – Maimoun
                          • Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
                          Donald ByrdEthiopian KnightsBlue Note
                          Heavy album! Excellent 1971 rootsy funky jazz fusion album in the spirit of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew'! "The Emperor" is a BAD TUNE.
                          • – The Emperor