Archie Shepp

• JAPANESE IMPORT

• IMPULSE - 60th ANNIVERSARY

• FREE JAZZ SAXOPHONE COLLECTION

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

For Losers is a collection of previously unreleased music from 1968-1969 by Archie Shepp, just like Kwanza. Alike the latter, this album also shows the tenor man moving away from his free jazz and playing broader stuff, such as odd mixes of R&B, gospel and free jazz, even his line-up is expanded including guitar or vocals or some organ in occasions.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• 01. STICK 'EM UP
• Alto Saxophone – Martin Kenyatta
• Bass [Fender] – Albert Winston, Wilton Felder
• Drums – Beaver Harris
• Guitar – Bert Payne
• Organ, Guitar – Mel Brown
• Piano – Andrew Bey
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Martin Banks
• Vocals – Doris Troy, Leon Thomas, Tasha Thomas

• 02. ABSTRACT
• Alto Saxophone – James Spaulding
• Baritone Saxophone – Charles Davis
• Bass [Fender] – Bob Bushnell
• Drums – Bernard Purdie
• Guitar – Wally Richardson
• Organ – Dave Burrell
• Tenor Saxophone, Written-By – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens

• 03. I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD)
• Alto Saxophone – Clarence Sharpe
• Bass – Wilbur Ware
• Drums – Joe Chambers
• Piano – Cedar Walton
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Vocals – Chinalin Sharpe

• 04. WHAT WOULD IT BE WITHOUT YOU
• Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Cecil Payne
• Bass – Wilbur Ware
• Drums – Joe Chambers
• Piano – Cedar Walton
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp

• 05. UN CROQUE MONSIEUR (Poem: For Losers)
• Alto Saxophone – Clarence Sharpe
• Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne
• Bass – Wilbur Ware
• Drums – Joe Chambers
• Piano – Cedar Walton
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Matthew Gee
• Trumpet – Woody Shaw
• Vocals – Chinalin Sharpe