Archie Shepp

4 12 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"...combining free jazz tenor with steady frenetic African drumming. Shepp's emotional and fiery tenor takes off immediately, gradually morphing with the five percussionists -- Beaver Harris, Norman Connor, Ed Blackwell, Frank Charles, and Dennis Charles -- who perform on instruments including rhythm logs and talking drums. Shepp never loses the initial energy, moving forward like a man possessed as the drumming simultaneously builds into a fury." -- All Music Guide

PERSONNEL:

• Reggie Workman - (bass)
• Beaver Harris , Norman Connor - (drums)
• Dennis Charles - (percussion)
• Eddie Blackwell - (percussion)
• Frank Charles - (talking drums)
• Archie Shepp - (tenor sax)
• Martin Banks - (trumpet, flugelhorn)
• Michael Zwerin - (trumpet, trombone)

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 26, 1967.

TRACKS:

• 01 The Magic Of Ju-Ju
• 02 You're What This Day Is All About
• 03 Shazam
• 04 Sorry 'Bout That