A Guide to the Music of Archie Shepp, Who Kept Jazz Vitally Political

Archie Shepp Attica Blues Big Band à Paris, enregistré en public le 24 octobre 1979 au Palais des Glaces.
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▻https://storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/track/trio

Don Cherry (cornet), John Tchicai (alto sax), Archie Shepp (tenor sax), Don Moore (bass), J. C. Moses (drums

The ten tunes (71 min.) on this CD were recorded live at the famous Montmartre jazz club in Copenhagen in 1963. This is one of the best and most important avante garde jazz albums ever made, its importance enhanced by the fact that the quintet was formed specifically to come and play in Copenhagen and was disbanded when the musicians returned to New York. The most “advanced” number is a 15 minute-long tune called “The Trio” which uses both modal scales and changing meters. The band is led by three of the absolute best of the avante garde musicians at the time: Don Cherry on cornet, Archie Shepp on tenor sax and John Tchicai on alto sax. The music is heavily inspired by alto player Ornette Coleman and pianist Cecil Taylor, and features three Ornette Coleman compositions and two by Thelonious Monk. The brilliant, high-energy performance of the musicians on this CD is an example of improvisational, modern jazz at its absolute best.

Storyville Records on Bandcamp
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Storyville Records est le plus ancien #label de jazz indépendant d’Europe. Il publie une riche variété de #jazz, de blues et de genres musicaux connexes, souvent accompagnés de notes faisant autorité et de rares extras. Ce label iconique a été fondé en 1952 au Danemark et continue aujourd’hui d’enrichir son catalogue historique d’enregistrements réalisés par des légendes américaines du jazz et du #blues avec de nouvelles sorties d’artistes de jazz contemporains.