The lone album from Adele Sebastian, a member of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra who died way to young, Desert Fairy Princess looks back at the fundamentals of spiritual jazz even as it blazes its own path. Sebastian, a flutist and occasional singer, cedes the spotlight to other composers and her band on her debut as a leader, showcasing her belief in community, conversation and group interplay. The result is a small masterpiece of open-hearted introspection and playful challenge, a declaration of faith and a question left unanswered. Like Tapscott’s Ark, it carries a message . . .
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