Archie Shepp

• 5 wonderful albums in tiny LP-styled sleeves!

Tenor sax firebrand and avant-garde hero Archie Shepp presents a collection of his most famous Impulse! albums of the 1960s: Four for Trane, On This Night, Fire Music, Mama Too Tight and The Way Ahead. Five classic jazz albums in one artist-themed budget-priced box, landmark albums and sought-after rarities. Remastered directly from the original tapes. Attractive slip-case artwork with CD wallets reproducing the original front/back cover art with full musician credits and recording dates.

THE ALBUMS INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE ARE:.

• Four For Trane (1964)
• ALAN SHORTER, flugelhorn
• ROSWELL RUDD, trombone
• JOHN TCHICAI, alto sax
• ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
• REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
• CHARLES MOFFETT, drums
• Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 10, 1964

• 01. Syeeda's Song Flute
• 02. Mr. Syms
• 03. Cousin Mary
• 04. Naima
• 05. Rufus
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• On This Night (1965)
• ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
• BOBBY HUTCHERSON, vibes
• HENRY GRIMES, bass
• JOE CHAMBERS, drums
• New York, August 12, 1965

• 01. On This Night
• 02. The Mac Man
• 03. The Mac Man [Alt. Take]
• 04. The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson
• 05. In A Sentimental Mood
• 06. The Chased [Take 1]
• 07. The Chased [Take 2]
• 08. The Chased [Take 3]
• 09. The Pickaninny
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• Fire Music (1965)
• TED CURSON, trumpet
• JOSEPH ORANGE, trombone
• MARION BROWN, alto sax
• ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
• REGGIE JOHNSON, bass
• JOE CHAMBERS, drums
• New York, February 16, 1965
• 01. Hambone
• 02. Los Olvidados
• 03. Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm
• 04. Prelude To A Kiss
• 05. The Girl From Ipanema
• 06. Hambone (Live Version)
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• Mama Too Tight (1966)
• TOMMY TURRENTINE, trumpet
• ROSWELL RUDD, trombone
• GRACHAN MONCUR III, trombone
• PERRY ROBINSON, clarinet
• ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
• HOWARD JOHNSON, tuba
• CHARLIE HADEN, bass
• BEAVER HARRIS, drums
• New York, August, 1966

• 01. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (Including: Prelude To A Kiss / The Break Strain-King Cotton / Dem Basses)
• 02. Mama Too Tight
• 03. Theme For Ernie
• 04. Basheer
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• The Way Ahead (1968)
• JIMMY OWENS, trumpet, flugelhorn
• GRANCHAN MONCUR III, trombone
• ARCHIE SHEPP, tenr sax
• WALTER DAVIS Jr, piano
• RON CARTER, bass
• ROY HAYNES, drums
• New York, January 29, 1968

• 01. Damn If I Know (The Stroller)
• 02. Frankenstein
• 03. Fiesta
• 04. Sophisticated Lady
• 05. New Africa
• 06. Bakai