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Out Today in full: “60 Years”. Find all the links you need in our bio to listen to this one of a kind project and get a copy of the 2xlp record! Huge thanks to @_marcusjmoore and the @nytimes for covering PAPA and this release! Some excerpts from the article can be found above.

In this clip you’ll hear the 80’s track from the record, titled “Nation Rising”. This recording comes from a cassette tape in Michael Session’s archive of a live show in 1981 at The Shop, which was a print shop operated by Papa members where concerts, classes and workshops were often held (not to mention actual printing jobs). Below are notes on this recording from Michael Dett Wilcotts, the primary archivist for the Arkestra for many years:

“The mid-1960s brought about the Black sovereignty as musicians and artists set
forth to govern, equipped with cargo pants, bush jackets, three quarter high top boots
with laces, tribal dashikis, knitted african skull caps, sunglasses and an attitude. We were occasionally seen with war paint, signifying our support and promotion of Black business and community empowerment through the 1980s. This was an expression of the times; we were living as a national art movement on stage and in churches, parks, community centers, and everywhere we exhibited our talent. It was about a national movement across this country, preserving the arts of our story. We were
warriors for freedom, demonstrated through our art and culture. We were a nation of people rising, coming together and making do for ourselves....”

Written by Somaya “Peaches” Hassan and arranged by Horace Tapscott

Jujigwa (Juan Gray) - Vocal
Adele Sebastian - Flute
Dadisi Komolafe - Flute
Solo by Sabir Mateen -  Alto
Gary Bias - Alto
David Bryant - Bass
Horace Tapscott - Piano
Moses Obligación - Congas
Billy Hinton - Drums
Engineered by Michael Dett Wilcots & Ali Jihad Abdullah

*This is a likely band based on existing information 

Join us tonight to celebrate at the World Stage and tomorrow in McArthur Park!
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my new film is coming soon!
like, soon soon. 

there’s much to say, but for now, for all the people who’s hands joined mine to help push this boulder up the hill, i love you and i thank you. what an honor.
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