Archie Shepp

• DIGIPACK EDITION

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

• NOMINATED 57TH GRAMMY AWARDS

Recorded in France in 2012 and 2013, I Hear the Sound is a live recording of saxophonist Archie Shepp's oratorio, "Attica Blues," co-written and arranged with Cal Massey in 1971, which was first heard on an Impulse! album a year later. Most of that album, Attica Blues, is revisited, with some adjustments to the running order of the tunes. In addition, Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday" is woven into the middle of the suite, and Shepp's "Mama Too Tight," the title track of a 1967 Impulse! album, serves as a coda.

PERSONNEL:

• Archie Shepp - tenor and soprano sax, vocals
• Amina Claudine Myers - piano, vocals
• Tom McClung - piano
• Famoudou Don Moye - drums, congas
• Reggie Washington - bass
• Darryl Hall - bass (5)
• Pierre Durand - guitar
• Stéphane Belmondo - trumpet
• Izidor Leitinger - trumpet
• Christophe Leloil - trumpet
• Olivier Miconi - trumpet
• Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet (5)
• Sébastien Llado - trombone
• Simon Sieger - trombone
• Romain Morello - trombone
• Michaël Ballue - trombone
• Raphaël Imbert - alto sax
• Olivier Chaussade - alto sax
• François Théberge - tenor sax
• Virgile Lefebvre - tenor sax
• Jean-Philippe Scali - baritone sax
• Manon Tenoudji - violin
• Steve Duong - violin
• Antoine Carlier - viola
• Louise Rosbach - cello
• Marion Rampal- vocals
• Cécile McLorin Salvant - vocals

• Recorded on September 9, 2012 in Festival Jazz à la Villette
• June 17, 2013 in Festival Les Nuits de Fourviêre / Departement du Rhône

TRACKS:

• 01. Attica Blues
• 02. Arms
• 03. Blues for Brother G. Jackson
• 04. Come Sunday
• 05. The Cry of My People
• 06. Quiet Dawn
• 07. Déjà Vu
• 08. Steam
• 09. Goodbye Sweet Pop’s
• 10. Ballad for a Child
• 11. Mama Too Tight.
• 12: The Stars Are in Yours Eyes (*)
• 13. Ujaama (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS