Archie Shepp recorded for Impulse Records from the mid-60's to the early 70's after his friend and mentor John Coltrane helped him secure a recording contract. This disc samples several of the recordings he made during that period, and makes for an excellent overview of his early music, giveing examples of the different facets of music he recorded for Impulse. Free-ish jazz is prominent of cour...
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As posted by me back in February, I've been on an Impulse! tear, and this record was very hard to find until a couple of days ago. Yeah, I got rent and a shitload of bills to pay but as Curtis Armstrong said, "Sometimes you just gotta say fuck it, and take your chances." Plus my woman told me that if I didn't get it, I would've been more miserable than I would've been if it was just rent and ...
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GO DOWN MOSES film scene at you tubelisten "go down Moses" by Louis.Armstrong Sullivan's Travels (1941, USA, 91 mins) dir. Preston SturgesSullivan: This picture is an ANSWER to Communists. It shows we're awake and not dunking our heads in the sand like a bunch of ostriches. I want this picture to be a commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, the problems that confront the average man.Le...
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"Archie Shepp":http://www.archieshepp.com/Kwanza at "all about Jazz":http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23743ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor saxophone, vocal; JIMMY OWENS, trumpet; WOODY SHAW, trumpet; GRACHAN MONCUR III, trombone; CHARLES DAVIS, baritone saxophone; DAVE BURRELL, piano; WALTER BOOKER, bass; BEAVER HARRIS, drums. Recorded at National Recording Studios, NYC, February 26, 1969.Pea...
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Archie Shepp Quintet1977-Februar-14Stuttgart, Germany,Liederhalle,1977Grachan Moncur,tbArchie Shepp,ts,ssDave Burrell,pCameron Brown,bCharlie Persip,drCD1: 71:341 The Scene Is Clean / Blues For Donald Duck / Sonny's Back 39:252 Star Eyes 15:043 Lover Man 17:05 CD2: 65:464 Sophisticated Lady 8:265 In A Sentimental Mood 3:036 New Africa (BeaverHarris,comp) 25:367 Ujaama (AS,comp (fade-out) 28...
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It occured to me last night that I could have spent upwards of 40 clams to watch some lemon head pretend he was an ar-teest. Instead I watched a number of my jazz heroes in a grotto, near a pond, in a park in the middle of a city - for free. Yeah, sometimes - maybe always - the best things in life are free.Free as in beer; and free as in speech.Age hasn't tamed these guys.They may have to sit...
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I added a shows widget today. If you look closely, you can probably tell that I work at the Keswick Theatre in lovely downtown Keswick Village, Glenside, PA, USA (just north of Philly).It's a volunteer gig -- work only the shows you want to see. This is a good thing, especially with marginal stuff, because you get to evaluate stuff you may not have otherwise seen. I fell in love with the Pen...
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