Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp records ‘Fire Music,’ an album Impulse! (1965)

Archie Shepp's 'Fire Music' is a studio album recorded on February 16 and March 9, 1965 and released the same year 1965 by Impulse!.Track Listing : 1.Hambone (Archie Shepp) -...

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Archie Shepp begins the recording of ‘Attica Blues,’ an album for Impulse! (1972)

Archie Shepp's 'Attica Blues' is an album (in direct reference to the Attica Prison riots) recorded on January 24–26, 1972 at A&R Recording, NYC and released the same year by...

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Archie Shepp visits Copenhagen (2016)

October 20, 2016 - the Archie Shepp Quartet - that is Archie Shepp (s, voc), Tom McClung (p), Wayne Dockery (b) and Steve McCraven (d) - will perform at Jazzhouse...

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Archie Shepp takes his Quartet to Stockholm (2016)

October 15, 2016 - the Archie Shepp Quartet will perform at the "Stockholm Jazz Festival" at Concert House in Stockholm, Sweden

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Archie Shepp records ‘The Cry of My People’ for Impulse! (1972)

Archie Shepp's 'The Cry of My People' is an album recorded on September 25–27, 1972, with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets and chamber orchestras and released the same year...

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Archie Shepp revisits Attica Blues in Paris (2012)

September 9, 2012 - Archie Shepp and the Attica Blues Big Band revisit Shepp's major opus "Attica Blues" at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris during the Jazz...

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Archie Shepp records ‘Four for Trane,’ an album produced by John Coltrane and Bob Thiele (1964)

Archie Shepp's 'Four for Trane' is a studio album recorded on August 10, 1964 and co-produced by John Coltrane and released the same year by Impulse!.Track Listing : 1.Syeeda'S Song...

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Archie Shepp brings a big band to ‘Jazz in Marciac’ (2015)

August 9, 2015 - Archie Shepp plus his big band - that is Olivier Chaussade (s), Virgile Lefebvre (s), François Théberge (s, fl), Jean-Philippe Scali (s), Izidor Leitinger (tp), Olivier...

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John Coltrane and Archie Shepp record together’New Thing at Newport’ at the Newport Jazz Festival (1965)

'New Thing at Newport' by John Coltrane & Archie Shepp is a live album recorded on July 2, 1965 at the Newport Jazz Festival and released the same year by...

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John Coltrane records ‘Ascension’ with Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp et al (1966)

John Coltrane's 'Ascension' is an album of continuous performance without breaks recorded on June 28, 1965 and released in February 1966 by Impulse!Track Listing : 1.Edition I/Ascension (John Coltrane) –...

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Happy Birthday Archie Shepp. ‘Good Shepp’

This day (May 24, 1937), in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is born Archie Shepp, an African-American jazz saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . & Chucho Valdes Afro-cuban project – Yansa (2011) 2 ....

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This week In Jazz Legends 41/52

Pat Metheny, Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 36/52

Herbie Hancock, Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Archie Shepp,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 21/52

Christian Scott, Quintet, Bob James, David Sanborn, George Benson, Southside Aces, Evan Christopher, Irvin Mayfield, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Camilo, Tomatito, Ramsey...

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We remember Horace Parlan. ‘Movin’ & Horacin”

This day (February 23, 2017), in Korsor, Denmark, died Horace Parlan,an American hard bop and post-bop piano player.Tracklist : Congalegra . Wadin' . Us Three . Up and Down . Up in Cynthia's Room . On...

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This week In Jazz Legends 04/52

Wes Montgomery’s “West Coast Blues” showcases his inventive thumb-picked technique and octave work, supported by Tommy Flanagan’s piano and Percy Heath’s bass, while Benny Golson’s take on “Take The A...

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Sun Ra takes his All Stars+ Arkestra to Berlin (1983)

October 29, 1983 - the Sun Ra All Stars - that is Don Cherry (tp,voc), Lester Bowie (tp), Marshall Allen (as,perc), John Gilmore (ts,fl), Archie Shepp (ts,voc), Sun Ra (kb),...

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Feliz Cumpleaños Chucho Valdés. ‘Qui Va Chucho Va Piano’

This day (October 9, 1941), in Quivicán, Cuba, is born Chucho Valdés, a Cuban pianist, bandleader and founder of Irakere.Tracklist : 1 . Jazz Batá 2 (2019) 2 . El...

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Playing Coltrane

Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Raul de...

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Chucho Valdés releases ‘Chucho’s Steps’ recorded with the Afro-Cuban Messengers (2010)

Chucho Valdés' 'Chucho's Steps' is an album recorded with the Afro-Cuban Messengers and released on August 31, 2010 by Four Quarters.Track listing : 1.Zawinul's Mambo (Chucho Valdés) - 11:22 ....

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