• 5 wonderful albums in tiny LP-styled sleeves!
Tenor sax firebrand and avant-garde hero Archie Shepp presents a collection of his most famous Impulse! albums of the 1960s: Four for Trane, On This Night, Fire Music, Mama Too Tight and The Way Ahead. Five classic jazz albums in one artist-themed budget-priced box, landmark albums and sought-after rarities. Remastered directly from the original tapes. Attractive slip-case artwork with CD wallets reproducing the original front/back cover art with full musician credits and recording dates.
THE ALBUMS INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE ARE:.
- Four For Trane (1964)
- ALAN SHORTER, flugelhorn
- ROSWELL RUDD, trombone
- JOHN TCHICAI, alto sax
- ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
- REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
- CHARLES MOFFETT, drums
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 10, 1964
- 01. Syeeda's Song Flute
- 02. Mr. Syms
- 03. Cousin Mary
- 04. Naima
- 05. Rufus
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- On This Night (1965)
- ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
- BOBBY HUTCHERSON, vibes
- HENRY GRIMES, bass
- JOE CHAMBERS, drums
- New York, August 12, 1965
- 01. On This Night
- 02. The Mac Man
- 03. The Mac Man [Alt. Take]
- 04. The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson
- 05. In A Sentimental Mood
- 06. The Chased [Take 1]
- 07. The Chased [Take 2]
- 08. The Chased [Take 3]
- 09. The Pickaninny
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- Fire Music (1965)
- TED CURSON, trumpet
- JOSEPH ORANGE, trombone
- MARION BROWN, alto sax
- ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
- REGGIE JOHNSON, bass
- JOE CHAMBERS, drums
- New York, February 16, 1965
- 01. Hambone
- 02. Los Olvidados
- 03. Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm
- 04. Prelude To A Kiss
- 05. The Girl From Ipanema
- 06. Hambone (Live Version)
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- Mama Too Tight (1966)
- TOMMY TURRENTINE, trumpet
- ROSWELL RUDD, trombone
- GRACHAN MONCUR III, trombone
- PERRY ROBINSON, clarinet
- ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
- HOWARD JOHNSON, tuba
- CHARLIE HADEN, bass
- BEAVER HARRIS, drums
- New York, August, 1966
- 01. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (Including: Prelude To A Kiss / The Break Strain-King Cotton / Dem Basses)
- 02. Mama Too Tight
- 03. Theme For Ernie
- 04. Basheer
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- The Way Ahead (1968)
- JIMMY OWENS, trumpet, flugelhorn
- GRANCHAN MONCUR III, trombone
- ARCHIE SHEPP, tenr sax
- WALTER DAVIS Jr, piano
- RON CARTER, bass
- ROY HAYNES, drums
- New York, January 29, 1968
- 01. Damn If I Know (The Stroller)
- 02. Frankenstein
- 03. Fiesta
- 04. Sophisticated Lady
- 05. New Africa
- 06. Bakai