Thoughts of Dar es Salaam
{{Infobox album
| name = Thoughts of Dar es Salaam
| type = Album
| artist = Horace Tapscott
| cover = Thoughts of Dar es Salaam.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = June 30 & July 1, 1996 at Eastside Sound, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 59:40
| label = Arabesque
AJ0128
| producer = Ray Drummond and Daniel Chriss
| chronology = Horace Tapscott
| prev_title = Aiee! The Phantom
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Thoughts of Dar es Salaam is an album by the American jazz pianist/composer Horace Tapscott, recorded in 1996 and released on the Arabesque label.[http://www.posi-tone.com/tapscott/disco.html Horace Tapscott discography] accessed February 5, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Arabesque.htm Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography] accessed May 14, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1374}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "The final album by West Coast pianist and composer Horace Tapscott is one of sublime gentility, reaching harmonic elegance and meditative grace".Jurek, T., [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=thoughts-of-dar-es-salaam-mw0000031375|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed February 5, 2015
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Tapscott except as indicated
- "As a Child" - 7:06
- "Bibi Mkuu: The Great Black Lady" (Alan Hines) - 5:34
- "Lullaby in Black" (Thurman Green) - 3:19
- "Sandy and Niles" - 4:44
- "Wiletta's Walk" - 9:08
- "Social Call" (Gigi Gryce) - 8:53
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) - 8:07
- "Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam" - 6:50
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) - 5:59
Personnel
References
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Category:Arabesque Records albums