John Tapscott

Maynard's fine British band. Yep. Definitely pretty good for the time period. A few tracks on each album transcend the era. Now:

Discs 3-7. Great set.

Discs 1 & 2

Yes, sad new. R.I.P. I have several examples of John's playing in my collection, CD's under his own name and as a sideman with Danny D'Imperio and others. A real bopper. There are several examples on YouTube of John soloing with the Buddy Rich Killer Force Band in '77-'78. He shared solo duties in the Rich Band with another excellent trumpet player named Mike McGovern.

Recently: Now:

I expected the Schnitter recording to be a hard bop date, but it's quite different. Others' mileage may vary, but I didn't find it as musically satisfying as the early Muse LP's he made. Now: followed by