• 2X LP GATEFOLD EDITION

Let My People Go collects seven tracks that Shepp, the iconic saxophonist, activist and artistic polymath, and Moran, arguably the most imaginative pianist of his generation, recorded together in a series of live concerts between 2017 and 2018. You wouldn’t know that from first listen. The pain and fury they evoke in the two spirituals (“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” and “Go Down, Moses”) that make up the center of the record resound with the cries of justice heard over this past summer in the wake of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. As Moran lays down a harmonic bed streaked with Alice Coltrane-esque divine flame, Shepp blows and sings in a voice that cracks constantly; whether from age or heartbreak, it’s devastating either way.

PERSONNEL:

• Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano sax, vocals
• Jason Moran - piano

Recorded on September 12th 2017 at La Philharmonie de Paris

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• D2. Round Midnight
• A1. 1 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
• A2. Isfahan

• SIDE B
• B1. He Cares
• B2. Go Down Moses

• SIDE C
• C1. Wise One

• SIDE D
• D1. Lush Life
• D2. Round Midnight