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Archie Shepp's volume in The Impulse Story series, with liner notes by Ashley Kahn, author of The House That Trane Built: The Impulse Story, is arguably the best and most representative of any of the editions in it. These ten cuts capture Shepp's many faces. There's his wonderful look inside the music of his mentor John Coltrane ("Naima" from Four for Trane), through to his gaze at the jazz tradition (Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady"), to bossa nova (a very unique read of "Girl from Ipanema") to the weighty concerns of his own compositions that engaged everything from the avant-garde "Les Matin des Noires" to politics ("Malcolm Malcolm -- Semper Malcolm"), to R&B and soul ("Damn If I Know" "Mama Too Tight," and "Attica Blues"). While certain albums are not represented here -- the magnificent Magic of Ju-Ju being one -- the breadth and depth of Shepp's true genius is all here. That said, it is a shame that many of his albums recorded for Impulse (the classic Fire Music and Magic of Ju-Ju just to name two) are currently out of print. Of all the volumes in this fine collection, Shepp's stands, with Alice Coltrane's as the very best in that it gives a true introduction to an artist often misunderstood, but during his tenure for this label, he was creatively unstoppable.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reggie Workman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Roswell Rudd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Archie Shepp, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Shorter, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Moffett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Tchicai, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ted Curson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Brown, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Johnson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Orange, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 GRP Records Inc.
Norman Gimbel, Author - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist - Ted Curson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Brown, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Johnson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Orange, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Izenzon, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Moses, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barre Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barre Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Johnson, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Turrentine, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Roswell Rudd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Beaver Harris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Robinson, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Owens, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Beaver Harris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Davis Jr., Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Simpson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Owens, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Ron Carter, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Archie Shepp, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Beaver Harris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Davis Jr., Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Simpson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roland Wilson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Cornell Dupree, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshie Armstead, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gerald Jemmott, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Blake, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Robinson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Archie Shepp, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - CLARENCE WHITE, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McGhee, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - ED MICHEL, Producer - Kiane Zawadi, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Massey, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Alexander, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lee Wilson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Romulus Franceschini, Conductor, Artist - Beaver Harris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lakshminarayana Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Brown, Flute, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Low Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Jenkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Davis Jr., Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Burrell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Calo Scott, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Thornton, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Juma Sultan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Greenlee, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - James Ware, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Stephens, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hakim Jami, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - William Kunstler, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Burrows, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Ridley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ollie Anderson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Nene DeFense, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Lipscomb, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Hull, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Waheeda Massey, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Albertine Robertson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bartholomew Gray, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Archie Shepp's volume in The Impulse Story series, with liner notes by Ashley Kahn, author of The House That Trane Built: The Impulse Story, is arguably the best and most representative of any of the editions in it. These ten cuts capture Shepp's many faces. There's his wonderful look inside the music of his mentor John Coltrane ("Naima" from Four for Trane), through to his gaze at the jazz tradition (Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady"), to bossa nova (a very unique read of "Girl from Ipanema") to the weighty concerns of his own compositions that engaged everything from the avant-garde "Les Matin des Noires" to politics ("Malcolm Malcolm -- Semper Malcolm"), to R&B and soul ("Damn If I Know" "Mama Too Tight," and "Attica Blues"). While certain albums are not represented here -- the magnificent Magic of Ju-Ju being one -- the breadth and depth of Shepp's true genius is all here. That said, it is a shame that many of his albums recorded for Impulse (the classic Fire Music and Magic of Ju-Ju just to name two) are currently out of print. Of all the volumes in this fine collection, Shepp's stands, with Alice Coltrane's as the very best in that it gives a true introduction to an artist often misunderstood, but during his tenure for this label, he was creatively unstoppable.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:09
- Main artists: Archie Shepp
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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