Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Genres: jazz, free jazz, saxophone, Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant-Garde
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About Archie Shepp
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.
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Archie Shepp — Top 30 songs of 86
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Archie Shepp | Rufus | ||
| Archie Shepp | Blues for Brother George Jackson | ||
| Archie Shepp | Goin' Home | ||
| Archie Shepp | A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (As A Young Man): Prelude To A | ||
| Archie Shepp | Attica Blues | ||
| Archie Shepp | Monk's mood | ||
| Archie Shepp | Relaxin' at Camarillo | ||
| Archie Shepp | Horace Parlan Duo | ||
| Archie Shepp | In A Sentimental Mood | ||
| Archie Shepp | Sonny's Back | ||
| Archie Shepp | Along Came Betty | ||
| Archie Shepp | I Know About The Life | ||
| Archie Shepp | Siegfried Kessler | ||
| Archie Shepp | Siegfried Kessler | ||
| Archie Shepp | Mama Rose :: Optimal | ||
| Archie Shepp | Blasé | ||
| Archie Shepp | Sophisticated Lady | ||
| Archie Shepp | Saint Germain Des Prés Café Paris | ||
| Archie Shepp | My Angel | ||
| Archie Shepp | Horace Parlan Duo | ||
| Archie Shepp | 03 | ||
| Archie Shepp | Le Matin des Noire | ||
| Archie Shepp | Theme for Ernie | ||
| Archie Shepp | Things Have Got To Change | ||
| Archie Shepp | Les Feuilles Mortes | ||
| Archie Shepp | Blase | ||
| Archie Shepp | Hipnosis | ||
| Archie Shepp | Intertwining Spirits | ||
| Archie Shepp | Le Matin des Noires | ||
| Archie Shepp | Little Red Moon |