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Archie Shepp - Emotions (1963/2018) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Nov. 25, 2023

Saxophonist Archie Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, His tenor sax solos were searing, harsh, and unrelenting, played with a vivid intensity while he was viewed as perhaps the most articulate and disturbing member of the free generation. On this album he performs with the avant-garde jazz ensemble The New York Contemporary Five, "a group which, despite its short lease on life, has considerable historical significance", laying "the cornerstone of what might be called the mainstream of free jazz".

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Archie Shepp - Lady Bird (Japan Edition) (1978/1989) Music

Posted by Domestos at May 3, 2019

Archie Shepp - Lady Bird (Japan Edition) (1978/1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 212.03 Mb | 42:07 | Covers
Hard Bop | Label: Denon/Nippon Columbia - DC-8546

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist. Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano, clarinet, and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone. He occasionally plays soprano saxophone and piano. He studied drama at Goddard College from 1955 to 1959. He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor. Shepp's first recording under his own name, Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet, was released on Savoy Records in 1962 and featured a composition by Ornette Coleman. Along with John Tchicai and Don Cherry, he was a member of the New York Contemporary Five. John Coltrane's admiration led to recordings for Impulse! Records, the first of which was Four for Trane in 1964, an album of mainly Coltrane compositions on which he was joined by trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassist Reggie Workman and alto player John Tchicai.

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Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary Five (1964/2018) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Aug. 7, 2023

This historically significant album by the New York Contemporary Five was lead by tenor saxophone player Archi Shepp and included four other equally talented free jazz musicians to create an album that highlights the virtuosic nature of jazz music. Although a short-lived group, this album is quite historic for many contemporary jazz musicians.

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Archie Shepp/The New York Contemporary Five - s/t (1972) {1991 Storyville} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Jan. 21, 2019

Archie Shepp/The New York Contemporary Five - s/t (1972) {1991 Storyville}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 446 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 159 mb
Genre: jazz

Archie Shepp/The New York Contemporary Five is a self-titled album by Archie Shepp and The New York Contemporary Five, originally released in 1972. The 1972 album was also originally released in 1963 from 1964 recordings, released under the name The New York Contemporary Five. This reissue was released in 1991 by Storyville.

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Robin Kenyatta - Robin Kenyatta's Free State Band (1993) {Musidisc 500572} Music

Posted by ruskaval at July 15, 2019

Robin Kenyatta - Robin Kenyatta's Free State Band (1993) {Musidisc 500572}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 245 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 88 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 14 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1993 Musidisc | 500572
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

Though an often fierce and spirited alto saxophonist, Robin Kenyatta has enjoyed a rather uneven career, particularly in terms of recordings. His best material has been in the hard bop and free vein, where his solos have been both intense and imaginative. Other times he's done more contemporary material that's been overproduced and unmemorable. Kenyatta played with Bill Dixon in the mid-'60s, and was featured during a series of New York concerts Dixon co-sponsored called "The October Revolution in Jazz." He recorded with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Roswell Rudd, Sonny Stitt, Dixon, Archie Shepp, and Barry Miles in the mid- and late '60s, before heading his own bands.

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Robin Kenyatta - Until (1968) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 6, 2024

Recorded and released after a two-year stint in Europe, Until marks alto saxophonist Robin Kenyatta's American debut as a leader, after sideman tenures with Sonny Stitt, Bill Dixon, and Archie Shepp. For anyone (of the few) who followed the rather obscure reedman's career, this set - originally released on the Atlantic jazz subsidiary Vortex and produced by Joel Dorn - is indicative of the restless nature of Kenyatta's career on his own records: he was not only interested in, but attempted to play, the entire range of jazz. For starters, there are three different units scattered across the album. The opener, "Until," written by Barry Miles, is a tender, straight-ahead ballad that showcasesKenyatta's alto accompanied by pianist Fred Simmons, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Horace Arnold…

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Robin Kenyatta - Until (1968) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 6, 2024

Recorded and released after a two-year stint in Europe, Until marks alto saxophonist Robin Kenyatta's American debut as a leader, after sideman tenures with Sonny Stitt, Bill Dixon, and Archie Shepp. For anyone (of the few) who followed the rather obscure reedman's career, this set - originally released on the Atlantic jazz subsidiary Vortex and produced by Joel Dorn - is indicative of the restless nature of Kenyatta's career on his own records: he was not only interested in, but attempted to play, the entire range of jazz. For starters, there are three different units scattered across the album. The opener, "Until," written by Barry Miles, is a tender, straight-ahead ballad that showcasesKenyatta's alto accompanied by pianist Fred Simmons, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Horace Arnold…

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Fusk - The Jig Is Up (2018) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at April 27, 2018

Fusk - The Jig Is Up (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 54:50 minutes | 590 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

FUSK is 100% contemporary jazz, catapulted forward by the creative ingenuity of the band members; these are players who have something to say! The music is intensive, joyous. It grabs you, as it expands out of its musical roots and takes off and into the open air. Kasper Tom Christiansen is no purist; instead, he tastefully mixes genres, as much at home with the techniques required in contemporary new music as with the improvisational surprises of free jazz.

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