Archie Shepp

• JAPANESE IMPORT

• IMPULSE - 60th ANNIVERSARY

• FREE JAZZ SAXOPHONE COLLECTION

• LIMITED EDITION SHM-CD (Super High Material CD)!

Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp's third release for the Impulse label collects valuable loose ends recorded between March and August 1965. Among the highlights are a passionate reading of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and the title piece, a moving tribute to W.E.B. DuBois, featuring the haunting soprano vocalist Christine Spencer employing a distinct 20th century classical influence, with Shepp on piano. Shepp is the solo horn on these dates, playing at peak form with contributions from vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson early in his career, David Izenzon or Henry Grimes on bass, and four rotating drummers, including Rashied Ali, J.C. Moses, Joe Chambers, and Ed Blackwell, playing a variety of percussion.

PERSONNEL:

• Archie Shepp - tenor sax
• Henry Grimes - bass
• Bobby Hutcherson - vibes

Recorded in New Jersey, 1965

TRACKS:

• 01. The Mac Man
• 02. In A Sentimental Mood
• 03. Gingerbread, Gingerbread Boy
• 04. On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come)
• 05. The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson
• 06. The Pickaninny (Picked Clean - No More - Or Can You Back Back Doodlebug)