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Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1937 – present)
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, poet, and playwright long known for the outspoken political tones in his work.
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24th, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionately afrocentric music of the late sixties which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his 60’s work with the New York Contemporary Five with co-founder Don Cherry and Shepp’s collaborations with his “New Thing” contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, but also Roswell Rudd and Bobby Hutcherson.
Considered a jazz great, saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded albums like Poem for Malcolm and Live In Antibes for labels like Verve and Impulse. He was active in academia at SUNY Buffalo as a professor of African American Studies and the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a professor of music. He played with other notable musical radicals including Frank Zappa and provided the musical score to the movie Gotta Dance and is featured on the 1984 Wilebski’s Blues Saloon Festival DVD.
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24th, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionately afrocentric music of the late sixties which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his 60’s work with the New York Contemporary Five with co-founder Don Cherry and Shepp’s collaborations with his “New Thing” contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, but also Roswell Rudd and Bobby Hutcherson.
Considered a jazz great, saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded albums like Poem for Malcolm and Live In Antibes for labels like Verve and Impulse. He was active in academia at SUNY Buffalo as a professor of African American Studies and the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a professor of music. He played with other notable musical radicals including Frank Zappa and provided the musical score to the movie Gotta Dance and is featured on the 1984 Wilebski’s Blues Saloon Festival DVD.
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Four For Trane
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The Magic Of Ju-Ju
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KingsAndQueen wrote:
Brilliant.
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Mezzanine_ wrote:
people, help me... i'm trying to find the lyrics to the whole Attica Blues album, my english is far from great but the few lines i've menaged to understand made interest, if anyone knows... feel free to message me. Thanks in advance :)
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brun-o wrote:
yeah, definitely still got it. and I wasn't aware he was such a terrific crooner as well. amazing!
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hollabackitsobi wrote:
Awwwwwwwww Shepp!
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voidtraveller wrote:
Saw him yesterday, the man still got it: RESPECT
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strajnic wrote:
With his music he is describing modern world. Cacophony it is!
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darkthrone wrote:
Love his voice!
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wajzgaj wrote:
this dude is awesome
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Va_An wrote:
Impressive.
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AntMunny wrote:
PHILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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icu_ wrote:
Had the great pleasure of taking a couple courses with him in college. I never missed a class. An honor.
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hollabackitsobi wrote:
Could Archie Shepp edge Dexter Gordon out as my favorite tenor saxophonist? His sessions are definitely more interesting.
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umbranaut wrote:
меня убивает его произношение
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Grindfucked wrote:
Fire Music yes yes yes
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MrMojoRising88 wrote:
Cousin Mary is EARGASMIC!
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-tgt- wrote:
Four for Trane iz INCREDIBLE! and Golden Age = ofcourse you the 60's ;-)
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gunerri wrote:
I remember "four for trane" it was terrible to me but his performance is great at the release " a love supreme deluxe edition" with COLTRANE!
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Sen_dog wrote:
Seen live. Great man from golden age of jazz
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sGarrista- wrote:
The Magic of Ju-Ju is incredible
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irqo wrote:
"Rozwija się nadal nasza czarna wokalna i taneczna tradycja. Natomiast tradycja instrumentalna uległa stagnacji. Oczywiście jest dziś wielu znakomitych muzyków. Nie mam nic przeciwko tym muzykom – są prawdziwymi ekspertami, ale ich muzyka jest mało interesująca. Brakuje w niej wyczucia bluesa i tego czegoś, co przynosi doświadczenie. Nie wiem czy jest to odpowiedź na zadane pytanie, ale jeśli chodzi o jazz, miom zdaniem muzyka ta niewiele się rozwinęła od czasu śmierci Coltrane’a." Fragment wywiadu dla Jazz Forum - warto poczytać: http://jazzforum.com.pl/news.php?action=show&id=132
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