Archie Shepp

• DIGIPACK EDITION

For Shepp, his focus on the Afrocentric experience in music preaches both the new and old testament, as evidenced by these revisited recordings. His sound draws from spirituals and blues as much as it does free jazz and fire music. It is always an activist music, as Shepp was/is always an activist. Mark Corroto

PERSONNEL, TRACKS & DATES:

• The Way Ahead
• Archie Shepp - (tenor saxophone)
• Jimmy Owens - (trumpet)
• Grachen Moncur III - (trombone)
• Walter Davis - (piano)
• Ron Carter - (double bass)
• Beaver Harris - (drums on 1 & 2)
• Roy Haynes - (drums on 2 & 4)

• 01 Damn If I Know (The Stroller)
• 02 Frankenstein
• 03 Fiesta
• 04 Sophisticated Lady

• Recorded in New York City, on January 29, 1968.
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• Kwanza:
• New Africa & Bakai
• Archie Shepp - (tenor saxophone)
• Charles Davis - (baritone saxophone)
• Jimmy Owens - (trumpet)
• Grachen Moncur III - (trombone)
• Dave Burrell - (piano)
• Walter Booker - (double bass)
• Beaver Harris - (drums)

• 05 New Africa
• 06 Bakai

• Recorded in New York City, on February 26, 1969.
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• The Magic Of Ju-Ju
• Archie Shepp - (tenor saxophone)
• Martin Banks - (trumpet, flugelhorn)
• Michael Zwerin - (trumpet, trombone)
• Reggie Workman - (double bass)
• Beaver Harris - (drums)
• Norman Connor - (drums)
• Eddie Blackwell - (rhythm logs)
• Franck Charles - (talking drums)
• Dennis Charles - (percussion)

• 07 The Magic Of Ju-Ju

• Recorded in New York City, on April 26, 1967.