Archie Shepp

• 2-LP LIMITED EDITION

Alternative Fox present a reissue of Archie Shepp's The Tradition, originally released in 1978. Avant-garde giant Archie Shepp made an indelible contribution to experimental jazz. Double-LP The Tradition was recorded in Rome in 1977 for Horo Records with drummer Clifford Jarvis and bassist Cameron Brown; the raucous Hooray For Mal has shades of be-bop, while Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Lady is largely tackled by Shepp on upright piano (with gorgeous soloing by Brown); Things Have Got To Change hearkens to Shepp's experience of the Pan-African Cultural Festival of Algiers of 1969 and Ellington's I Didn't Know About You is relayed as a soft tenor ballad with rough edges."

PERSONNEL:

• Archie Shepp - piano, saxophone
• Cameron Brown - bass
• Clifford Jarvis - drums

Recorded at Horo Voice Studios, Rome, October 12, 1977

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. Hooray For Mal (19:55 min)

• SIDE B
• 01. Sophisticated Lady (18:23 min.)

• SIDE C
• 01. Things Have Got To Change (19:05 min)

• SIDE D
• 01. I Didn't Know About You (20:12 min)