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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : archie shepp & horace parlan duo
t i t l e : reunion
d a t e : 1987
l a b e l : L & R Music
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Dec-2003
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 73,4 MB
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Archie Shepp has been at various times a feared firebrand and
radical, soulful throwback and contemplative veteran. He was
viewed in the '60s as perhaps the most articulate and
disturbing member of the free generation, a published
playwright willing to speak on the record in unsparing, explict
fashion about social injustice and the anger and rage he felt.
His tenor sax solos were searing, harsh and unrelenting, played
with a vivid intensity. But in the '70s, Shepp employed a
fatback/swing-based R&B approach, and in the '80s he mixed
straight bebop, ballads and blues pieces displaying little of
the fury and fire from his earlier days. Shepp studied dramatic
literature at Goddard College, earning his degree in 1959. He
played alto sax in dance bands and sought theatrical work in
New York. But Shepp switched to tenor, playing in several free
jazz bands. He worked with Cecil Taylor, co-led groups with
Bill Dixon and played in The New York Contemporary Five with
Don Cherry and John Tchicai. He led his own bands in the
mid-'60s with Roswell Rudd, Bobby Hutcherson, Beaver Harris and
Grachan Moncur III. His Impulse albums included poetry readings
and quotes from James Baldwin and Malcolm X. Shepp's releases
sought to paint an aural picture of African-American life, and
included compositions based on incidents like Attica or folk
sayings. He also produced plays in New York among them "The
Communist" in 1965, and "Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy" in 1972
with trumpeter/composer Cal Massey. But starting in the late
'60s, the rhetoric was toned down and the anger began to
disappear from Shepp's albums. He substituted a more
celebratory, and at times reflective attitude. Shepp turned to
academia in the late '60s, teaching at SUNY in Buffalo, then
the University of Massachusetts. He was named an associate
professor there in 1978. Shepp toured and recorded extensively
in Europe during the '80s, cutting some fine albums with Horace
Parlan, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Jasper van't Hof. He
has recorded extensively for Impulse, Byg, Arista/Freedom,
Phonogram, Steeplechase, Denon, Enja, EPM and Soul Note among
others over the years.Unfortunately his tone declined from the
mid-1980's on (his highly original sound was his most important
contribution to jazz) and Archie Shepp is a less significant
figure in the 1990's than one might hope.
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01-sophisticated lady [07:49]
02-cousin flo [05:13]
03-a flower is a lovesome thing [08:45]
04-call me [06:47]
05-pannonica [09:43]
06-when lights are low [06:46]
07-stardust [08:23]
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53:26 min
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