Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 02 (1977 - 2010) [7CD + 3DVD]

At various times in his long career, saxophonist, composer, playwright, and educator Archie Shepp has been regarded as a musical firebrand, cultural radical, soulful throwback to the jazz tradition, contemplative veteran explorer, and global jazz statesman. During the '60s, he was viewed as possibly the most articulate and intense member of the free jazz generation, issuing records such as Fire Music, The Way Ahead, and The Magic of Ju-Ju to speak hard truths about social injustice and the anger he felt. His tenor sax solos are searing, harsh, and unrelenting, played with a vivid intensity. During the mid-'70s, his work employed a fatback/swing-based R&B approach evoking Duke Ellington and Ben Webster (exemplified on Body and Soul and On Green Dolphin Street), while in the '80s, on recordings such as Mama Rose, he mixed straight bop, …

~ allmusic

Tracklist CD01. 1982 - Soul song [ENJA, ENJ-4050 2]:

1. Mama Rose (Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan) 15:21
2. Soul Song (Archie Shepp) 4:04
3. Geechee (Archie Shepp) 18:38
4. My Romance (Lorentz Hart/Richard Rodgers) 7:16

Archie Shepp (Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Vocals)
Kenny Werner (Piano)
Santi DeBriano (Double Bass)
Marvin "Smitty" Smith (Drums)




Tracklist CD02. 1977 - Ballads for Trane [1984, Denon 35C38-7264]:

01. Soul Eyes 06:37
02. You Don't Know What Love Is 05:38
03. Wise One 06:58
04. Where Arf You? 06:15
05. Darn That Dream 05:59
06. Theme For Ernie 06:23

Archie Shepp
Albert Dailey
Reginald Workman
Charles Persip




Tracklist CD03. 1987 - Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan Duo - Reunion [Bellaphone CDLR 450034]:

1. Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) 7:50
2. Cousin Flo (Archie Shepp) 5:13
3. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Billy Strayhorn) 8:44
4. Call Me (Archie Shepp) 6:47
5. Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) 9:43
6. When Lights Are Low (Benny Carter) 6:46
7. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael) 8:21

Archie Shepp - (Tenor Saxophone)
Horace Parlan - (Piano)




Tracklist CD04-05. 1987 - Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Mama Rose In Concert [2000, West Wind WW 2124]:

01. Arrival (10:23)
02. Backwater Blues (9:02)
03. Round About Midnight (11:03)
04. Mama Rose (7:10)
05. How Long Blues (7:19)
06. Steam (7:03)



01. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (9:03)
02. Ruby, My Dear (12:12)
03. Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (9:01)
04. Trouble In Mind (7:21)
05. Deep River (11:55)
06. Sophisticated Lady (10:01)




Tracklist CD06. 1989 - Archie Shepp & Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - En Concert A Banlieues Bleues [52e Rue Est RECD 017]:

1. Sangena
2. Mayebuye
3. Country Cooking
4. Jikele
5. Presentation
6. Steam
7. Sweet As Honey
8. Bessie Smith's Blues

Recorded live in Banlieues, France on March 18, 1989.




Tracklist CD07. 1989 - Stream [Jazz Hour JHR 73520]:

01. Stream [08:43]
02. Along Came Betty [13:03]
03. Blues For Donald Duck [07:24]
04. U-Jamaa [10:33]
05. Crucificado [11:57]
06. Miss Tomi [12:07]

Archie Shepp
Charles Greenlee
Dave Burrell
Beaver Harris




Tracklist DVD1. 2003 - Live In Venice:

1. Hope#2
2. Ain't Misbehavin
3. Deli blues For Blakey
4. Very Thought Of You
5. Things ain't What They Used To Be
6. Chooldy-Chooldy

Archie Shepp- Sax
Massimo Farao- Piano
Wayne Dockery- Bass
Bobby Durham- Drums







Tracklist DVD2. 2004 - Part I:

01. A Message From Trane 28.14
02. Lush Life 16.23
03. The Scene Is Clean 15.21

Archie Shepp -Saxophone
Siegfried Kessler -Piano
Cameron Brown -Bass
Clifford Jarvis - Drums







Tracklist DVD3. 2010 - JazzAldia 2010:

1. Hope 2
2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
3. Ruby My Dear
4. Straight No Chaser
5. Trippin
6. Pannonica
7. Steam
8. Ugly Beauty
9. Burning Bright
10. Clap You Hands

ARCHIE SHEPP - tenor sax, soprano sax, vocals
MINNA AGOSSI - vocals (# 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
TOM McCLUNG - piano
MICHEL BENITA - bass
STEVE McCRAVEN - drums





All thanks go to the original releaser