Pan Afrikan Peoples Arktet at Jazzclub-kunstfabrik Schlot

Horace Tapscott and his approach are the condensation nuclei
for this project. Tapscott brought the Pan-Afrikan Peoples
Arkestra to life in 1961 in Los Angeles. Sixty-two years later and
right here in Berlin, we are building a contemporary project with
a spiritual energy for the 21st century and the challenges we face
today. Headed by Arkestra member Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, the
7tet brings together the largest number of Tapscott ́s disciples

living abroad, in addition to the current conductor of the Pan-
Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Mekala Sessions, direct from Los...

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Horace Tapscott and his approach are the condensation nuclei
for this project. Tapscott brought the Pan-Afrikan Peoples
Arkestra to life in 1961 in Los Angeles. Sixty-two years later and
right here in Berlin, we are building a contemporary project with
a spiritual energy for the 21st century and the challenges we face
today. Headed by Arkestra member Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, the
7tet brings together the largest number of Tapscott ́s disciples

living abroad, in addition to the current conductor of the Pan-
Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Mekala Sessions, direct from Los

Angeles! Another member from Los Angeles joining this year
with the Arktet is Fundi Legon, the librarian of the Pan

Afrikan Peoples Arkerstra’s extensive Archives. Ghasem
Batamuntu, who carried the tradition of the Arkestra to
Europe with the renowned Rotterdam-based Nu Nova
Compound; Regis Molina, the Havana, Cuba native alto sax
prodigy; Jawanza Kobie, who is our guest artist from
Philadelphia this year on piano and
composer. Charles Sammons, the innovative bassist; Nirankar
Khalsa, an outstanding percussionist and drummer who has
played alongside Alice Coltrane among others, and will give the
project a beat you ́ve never heard before.

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