Rare ARCHIE SHEPP - ATTICA BLUES - ORIG 1972 IMPULSE STEREO LP Jazz Masterpiece
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AUDIOPHILE SOUND from this ARCHIE SHEPP MASTERPIECE.
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Recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 1972, at A&R Recording, New York. Engineering by Tony May, assisted by Eddie Sepanski.Red/Black Impulse! labels with rim text showing 1971 as date.
Gatefold Cover. Inside states mixed for quadraphonic and stereo.
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AllMusic Review by Steve Huey 5 STARS !!!!
Refining his large-ensemble experiments of 1971, Attica Blues is one of Archie Shepp's most significant post-'60s statements, recorded just several months after authorities ended the Attica prison uprising by massacring 43 inmates and hostages. Perhaps because Shepp's musical interests were changing, Attica Blues isn't the all-out blast of rage one might expect; instead, it's a richly arranged album of mournful, quietly agonized blues and Ellingtonian swing, mixed with a couple of storming funk burners. Of course, Shepp doesn't quite play it straight, bringing his avant-garde sensibilities to both vintage big band and contemporary funk, with little regard for the boundaries separating them all. His soloing on tenor and soprano is typically sharp-edged and modal, and his nasal, slicing tone on soprano is featured quite heavily. The stylishness of the slow numbers is undercut with quivering, faintly unsettling dissonances, and the up-tempo funk cuts recall the way Sly Stone's arrangements ping-ponged many different elements off each other in a gleeful organized chaos. That's especially true on the gospel-inflected title song, a monster of a groove that later became a hit on the acid jazz revival circuit (and stands up to anything recorded by straight-up funk bands of the era). In the same vein, "Blues for Brother George Jackson" sounds like an edgier Isaac Hayes-style blaxploitation soundtrack cut. Vocal ballads are plentiful, and Joe Lee Wilson ("Steam," a song Shepp would return to often) and Carl Hall (aka Henry Hull) both acquit themselves well; more debatable are the poetic recitations and the choice of flügelhornist/composer Cal Massey's young daughter Waheeda to sing "Quiet Dawn" (although Waheeda's almost-there intonation is effectively creepy). Still, in the end, Attica Blues is one of Shepp's most successful large-group projects, because his skillful handling of so many different styles of black music produces such tremendously groovy results.
Archie Shepp – Attica Blues
Label: Impulse! – AS-9222, Impulse! – AS 9222, ABC Records – AS-9222 Series: University Series Of Fine Recordings Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1972 Genre: Jazz Style: Soul-Jazz, Avant-garde JazzTracklist
A1 Attica Blues Lyrics By – William G. Harris Music By – Archie Shepp Lyrics By – William G. Harris Music By – Archie Shepp 4:49 A2 Invocation: Attica Blues Written-By – Wm G. Harris* Written-By – Wm G. Harris* 0:18 A3 Steam, Part 1 Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp 5:08 A4 Invocation To Mr. Parker Music By – Archie Shepp Text By – Bartholomew Gray Music By – Archie Shepp Text By – Bartholomew Gray 3:17 A5 Steam, Part 2 Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp 5:10 B1 Blues For Brother George Jackson Written-By – Archie Shepp Written-By – Archie Shepp 4:00 B2 Invocation: Ballad For A Child Written-By – William G. Harris Written-By – William G. Harris 0:30 B3 Ballad For A Child Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp Music By, Lyrics By – Archie Shepp 3:37 B4 Good Bye Sweet Pops Written-By – Cal Massey Written-By – Cal Massey 4:23 B5 Quiet Dawn Music By, Lyrics By – Cal Massey Music By, Lyrics By – Cal Massey 6:12Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Clarence White (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A1, B1)
- Backing Vocals – Albertine Robinson (tracks: A1), Joshie Armstead* (tracks: A1)
- Baritone Saxophone – James Ware
- Bass – Jimmy Garrison
- Bass [Fender] – Jerry Jemmott Roland Wilson
- Cello – Calo Scott Ronald Lipscomb
- Conductor – Romulus Franceschini
- Cornet – Clifford Thornton
- Design – Clyde Gilliam
- Drums – Beaver Harris Billy Higgins
- Electric Piano – Dave Burrell Walter Davis Jr.
- Engineer – Tony May
- Engineer [Assisted] – Eddie Sepanski
- Euphonium – Hakim Jami
- Flugelhorn – Cal Massey
- Flute – Marion Brown
- Flute [Bamboo] – Marion Brown
- Guitar – Cornell Dupree
- Lacquer Cut By – TSM
- Narrator – Bartholomew Gray William Kunstler
- Percussion – Juma Sutan Marion Brown Nene DeFense Ollie Anderson
- Photography By – Charles Stewart*
- Piano – Walter Davis Jr.
- Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
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