| Thoughts of Dar es Salaam | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | June 30 & July 1, 1996 at Eastside Sound, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:40 | |||
| Label | Arabesque AJ0128 | |||
| Producer | Ray Drummond and Daniel Chriss | |||
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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. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
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". [3]
All compositions by Horace Tapscott except as indicated
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