Music From The Black Museum #1: Spirited Away

i am horace tapscott
my fingers are danching grassroots
i do not fit in form, i create form
my ears are radar charting the whispers of my ancestors
i seek the divinity in outcasts, the richness of rebels
i will pray for you on this snaggle-toothed piano
songs for the unsung
whose lineage was fed to sharks in the atlantic
i will concertize you into trance, here in this garage
conjure spirits that will sing you into remembrance
on this piano so far out of tune it opens doors to other worlds
i will climb inside this piano searching for our history
i will assemble a choir of unborn voices
to teach you what the future sounds like
i will love you with the warmth of the african sun
i walk these sacred streets remembering kola nuts and cowrie shells
and how well our uncles wore their trousers
i am horace tapscott
and i am not for sale

kamau daaood

Trax:
Intro: Save the Children
Tune Weaver: Billy Wright
Sweet Ray: Lightmen+1
Little Niles: Randy Weston
Relations: David Wertman
Earthly Delights: David Wertman
World Music: Kamau Daaood
Clear Air Dancer: David Wertman
Uhuru: Creative Arts Ensemble
Encouragement: Creative Arts Ensemble
Ring Shout Ballet: Ed Kelly Ensemble
Home Rule: Lloyd McNeill
On the Road Home: Lightmen+1
Outro

ONE BLACK CHOPSTICK…