This Impulse recording features the fiery tenor Archie Shepp with his regularly working group of the period, a quintet also featuring trombonist Roswell Rudd, drummer Beaver Harris and both Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell on basses. Although two pieces (Shepp's workout on piano on the ballad "Sylvia" and his recitation on "The Wedding") are departures, the quintet sounds particularly strong on Herbie Nichols' "The Lady Sings the Blues" and "Wherever June Bugs Go" while Shepp's ballad statement on "In a Sentimental Mood" is both reverential and eccentric. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Keep Your Heart Right 1'15
Roswell Rudd
2 Lady Sings the Blues 7'32
Herbie Nichols
3 Sylvia 5'35
Oley Speaks
4 The Wedding 2'52
Archie Shepp
5 Wherever June Bugs Go 10'25
Archie Shepp
6 In a Sentimental Mood 6'14
Duke Ellington / Manny Kurtz / Irving Mills
7 Things Ain't What They Used to Be 7'56
Mercer Ellington / Ted Persons
8 Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime 32'54
Archie Shepp
Credits
Bass – Donald Garrett (pistas: 1, 2, 5 to 6), Lewis Worrell
Drums – Beaver Harris (pistas: 1 to 3, 5 to 6)
Piano – Archie Shepp (pistas: 3)
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp (pistas: 1 to 3, 5 to 6)
Trombone – Roswell Rudd (pistas: 1 to 3, 5 to 6)
Voice [Recitation] – Archie Shepp (pistas: 4)
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ARCHIE SHEPP - Live in San Francisco (1966-2015) RM | Impulse! Classics 50 – 30 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
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DEWEY REDMAN - Look for the Black Star (1966-1994) FLAC (tracks), lossless
Although always a bit under-recognized and overshadowed by his
contemporaries, tenor-saxophonist Dewey Redman has long been one of the
giants of the avant-garde and bop. This early recording finds Redman
discovering his own individual voice on five of his frequently emotional
originals. Assisted by pianist Jym Young, bassist Donald Raphael Gareet
and drummer Eddie Moore, this San Francisco date is quite adventurous
and holds one's interest throughout. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Look For The Black Star
2 For Eldon
3 Spur Of The Moment
4 Seven And One
Clarinet – Donald Garrett
5 Of Love
Credits :
Bass – Donald Garrett
Drums – Eddie Moore
Piano [African Thumb Piano] – Jym Young
Tenor Saxophone, Written-By – Dewey Redman
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TAMPA RED — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 9 • 1938-1939 | DOCD-5209 (1993) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
One of the greatest slide guitarists of the early blues era, and a man with an odd fascination with the kazoo, Tampa Red also fancied himsel...