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1972 studio album by Archie Shepp
Attica Blues is an album by
avant-garde jazz saxophonist
Archie Shepp . Originally released in 1972 on the
Impulse! label, the album title refers to the
Attica Prison riots .
[6]
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Steve Huey states: "Attica Blues is one of Shepp's most successful large-group projects, because his skillful handling of so many different styles of black music produces such tremendously groovy results".
[7]
Stephen Davis of
Rolling Stone said that it was "not just a masterpiece of protest: [...] it is more a politico/religious experience, an appeal to higher human consciousness to, for God's sake, help us out of this torment."
[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated
"Attica Blues" (lyrics by
Beaver Harris ) – 4:49
"Invocation: Attica Blues" (Harris) – 0:18
"Steam, Part 1" – 5:08
"Invocation to
Mr. Parker " (lyrics by Bart Gray) – 3:17
"Steam, Part 2" – 5:10
"Blues for
Brother George Jackson " – 4:00
"Invocation: Ballad for a Child" (Harris) – 0:30
"Ballad for a Child" (lyrics by Harris) – 3:37
"Good-Bye Sweet Pops" (
Cal Massey ) – 4:23
"Quiet Dawn" (Massey) – 6:12
Recorded at
A&R Recording , NYC, January 24–26, 1972 (Track timings slightly differ from one issue to another, due to merging tracks.)
Personnel
Archie Shepp -
tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8, 10) and
soprano saxophone (3, 5, 9)
Brass and reed section on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10
String section on tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8—10
Marion Brown - alto saxophone (1, 6),
bamboo flute (3),
flute (4),
percussion (3—5)
Walter Davis, Jr. -
electric piano (1, 6),
piano (6, 8—10)
Dave Burrell - electric piano (3, 5)
Cornell Dupree -
guitar (1, 3, 5, 8)
Roland Wilson (1, 3, 5–6, 8),
Gerald Jemmott (1) -
Fender bass
Jimmy Garrison -
bass (3—5, 9, 10)
Beaver Harris (1, 3, 5–6, 8) -
drums
Ollie Anderson , Nene DeFense,
Juma Sultan - percussion (1, 6, 10)
Vocals
Featured exclusively on tracks 9 and 10, written by
Cal Massey
References
^
Allmusic review
^
a
b
Davis, Stephen (August 17, 1972).
"Archie Shepp - Attica Blues" .
Rolling Stone . No. 115. Retrieved 12 January 2016 .
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985).
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.
179 .
ISBN
0-394-72643-X .
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 1290.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Chinen, Nate.
"Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Album Review" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved April 17, 2022 .
^ Bergstrom, John (1 April 2014).
"Archie Shepp / Attica Blues Orchestra - I Hear the Sound" .
PopMatters . Retrieved 12 January 2016 .
^ Huey, S.
Allmusic Review , accessed June 25, 2009.
External links
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Leader
Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
The House I Live In (and
Lars Gullin , 1963)
Four for Trane (1964)
Fire Music (1965)
On This Night (1965)
New Thing at Newport (split album with
John Coltrane , 1965)
Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
Mama Too Tight (1966)
The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
For Losers (1968–69)
Kwanza (1968–69)
The Way Ahead (1968)
Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
Black Gipsy (1969)
Blasé (1969)
Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
Pitchin Can (1969–70)
Poem for Malcolm (1969)
Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
Coral Rock (1970)
Doodlin' (1970)
Things Have Got to Change (1971)
Attica Blues (1972)
The Cry of My People (1972)
A Sea of Faces (1975)
Bijou (1975)
Body and Soul (
Horo , 1975)
Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
Mariamar (1975)
Montreux One (1975)
Montreux Two (1975)
There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
Hi-Fly (and
Karin Krog , 1976)
Steam (1976)
Goin' Home (and
Horace Parlan , 1977)
On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
Duet (and
Dollar Brand , 1978)
Lady Bird (1978)
Looking at Bird (and
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1980)
Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
Mama Rose (and
Jasper van 't Hof , 1982)
Soul Song (1982)
Down Home New York (1984)
California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
Little Red Moon (1985)
Duo Reunion (and
Horace Parlan , 1987)
Splashes (1987)
Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
Body and Soul (and
Richard Davis ,
Enja , 1989)
Blue Ballads (1995)
New York Contemporary Five With
Cecil Taylor With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
David Murray With
Archie Shepp With others