Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp - Four For Trane (1964) [Reissue 1987]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 10, 2021
Archie Shepp - Four For Trane (1964) [Reissue 1987]

Archie Shepp - Four For Trane (1964) [Reissue 1987]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 220 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 87 MB | Covers - 18 MB
Genre: Avant-garde Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: MCA/Impulse! (254 644-2)

From 1964, Archie Shepp's first date as a leader featured - as one would expect from the title - four tunes by John Coltrane, his mentor, his major influence, and his bandleader. The fact that this album holds up better than almost any of Shepp's records nearly 40 years after the fact has plenty to do with the band he chose for this session, and everything to do with the arranging skills of trombonist Roswell Rudd. The band here is Shepp on tenor, John Tchicai on alto, Rudd on trombone, Trane's bassist Reggie Workman, and Ornette Coleman's drummer Charles Moffett. Even in 1964, this was a powerhouse, beginning with a bluesed-out wailing version of "Syeeda's Song Flute." This version is ingenious, with Shepp allowing Rudd to arrange for solos for himself and Tchicai up front and Rudd punching in the blues and gospel in the middle, before giving way to double time by Workman and Moffett…
John Coltrane & Archie Shepp - New Thing at Newport (1965) [Japanese Edition 1991]

John Coltrane & Archie Shepp - New Thing at Newport (1965) [Japanese Edition 1991]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 381 MB | Covers - 23 MB
Genre: Free Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: MCA Victor (MVCI-23017)

The classic John Coltrane Quartet made one of its final appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965. The tension among bandmembers is evident on the advanced versions of "One Down, One Up" and "My Favorite Things." Coltrane's performance is moving…yet weary. It's apparent the saxophonist wasn't getting the sound he wanted and by the end of the year he would take a different direction, hiring Pharoah Sanders and wife Alice Coltrane for the band. Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp's earlier afternoon New Thing performance includes engaging versions of "Call Me by My Rightful Name" and "Gingerbread, Gingerbread Boy" (included as a bonus track on this package) with Bobby Hutcherson on vibes.
Archie Shepp - Blasé / Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969) [Reissue 2001]

Archie Shepp - Blase / Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969) [Reissue 2001]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 440 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 218 MB | Covers (10 MB) included
Genre: Avant-garde Jazz, Free Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Charly Records/Snapper Music (SNAF 819 CD)

As the '60s drew to a close in a hail of blood and lead, jazz gradually began to close its doors. What had blossomed in the '50s and '60s as young men struggled to raise a music out of the whorehouses of New Orleans and into the concert halls turned into something less and more than it had been. Musicians like Archie Shepp no longer looked to the future or to what they might borrow from classical forms. Instead, they looked back to the cotton fields, the slave market, and the slum to find their voice. The music took an angry turn, emphatically stating, "This is our music." Stunned by the assassinations of Martin and Malcolm, many young musicians turned from a country and a culture they thought had betrayed them. Archie Shepp went to Paris. There, in the summer of 1969, he cut these albums, each a classic in its own right, each a milestone in an under-appreciated career…
Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (1972) {2003 Verve Music Group} **[RE-UP]**

Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (1972) {2003 Verve Music Group}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 253 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 94 mb
Genre: jazz

Attica Blues is one of two albums Archie Shepp released on Impulse Records in 1972. This is from a CD released in 2003 by Verve Music Group.
Archie Shepp - The Cry Of My People (1972) {2004 Verve Music Group} **[RE-UP]**

Archie Shepp - The Cry Of My People (1972) {2004 Verve Music Group}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 283 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 104 mb
Genre: jazz, soul, R&B

The Cry Of My People is one of two albums Archie Shepp released on Impulse Records in 1972. This is from a CD released in 2004 by Verve Music Group.

Archie Shepp - Passport to Paradise (1981) [Reissue 1987]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Jan. 22, 2020
Archie Shepp - Passport to Paradise (1981) [Reissue 1987]

Archie Shepp - Passport to Paradise (1981) [Reissue 1987]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 288 MB | Covers (20 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz, Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: West Wind (WW 2002)

Archie Shepp plays Sydney Bechet.
On this recording you can hear: Michelle Wiley Vocals, Archie Shepp on Soprano sax, flute, piano, Charles McGhee on Trumpet, Charles Eubanks on piano, Santi de Briano on Bass, John Betsch on drums.
Archie Shepp - Four for Trane (1964) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2001

Archie Shepp - Four for Trane (1964) Japanese Reissue 2001
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 266 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 124 Mb | Scans included
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Impulse! | # UCCI-9020 | Time: 00:37:00

From 1964, Archie Shepp's first date as a leader featured – as one would expect from the title – four tunes by John Coltrane, his mentor, his major influence, and his bandleader. The fact that this album holds up better than almost any of Shepp's records nearly 40 years after the fact has plenty to do with the band he chose for this session, and everything to do with the arranging skills of trombonist Roswell Rudd. The band here is Shepp on tenor, John Tchicai on alto, Rudd on trombone, Trane's bassist Reggie Workman, and Ornette Coleman's drummer Charles Moffett. Even in 1964, this was a powerhouse, beginning with a bluesed-out wailing version of "Syeeda's Song Flute." This version is ingenious, with Shepp allowing Rudd to arrange for solos for himself and Tchicai up front and Rudd punching in the blues and gospel in the middle, before giving way to double time by Workman and Moffett. The rawness of the whole thing is so down-home you're ready to tell someone to pass the butter beans when listening.

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

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 19, 2021
Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 02 (1977 - 2010) [7CD + 3DVD]

Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 02 (1977 - 2010)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
7CD | Label: Various | ~ 1809 or 695 Mb | Artwork -> 32 Mb
3xDVD: PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR / PAL 16:9 (720x576) VBR, Auto Letterboxed
LinearPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Modern Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop

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…

Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 03 (1996 - 2011) [6CD + 3DVD]  Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 30, 2021
Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 03 (1996 - 2011) [6CD + 3DVD]

Archie Shepp: Collection. Part 03 (1996 - 2011)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
6CD | Label: Various | ~ 2130 or 760 Mb | Artwork -> 54 Mb
3xDVD-5: PAL 16:9 (720x576) VBR | Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Modern Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop

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…

Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) [Reissue 1998]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 3, 2020
Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) [Reissue 1998]

Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) [Reissue 1998]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 385 MB | Covers - 34 MB
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Impulse!/GRP Records (IMPD-272)

The Way Ahead was a turning point for Archie Shepp. For starters, he had looked all over the jazz/improv arena for the proper combination of players - without a piano. One can speculate that this was because he cut his first teeth with pianist Cecil Taylor, and that could ruin anybody for life. Recorded in 1968, The Way Ahead featured Ron Carter on bass, Grachan Moncur III's trombone, Jimmy Owens' trumpet, and drums by either Beaver Harris or Roy Haynes, with Walter Davis, Jr. on piano. The set is a glorious stretch of the old and new, with deep blues, gospel, and plenty of guttersnipe swing in the mix. From the post-bop blues opener "Damn If I Know (The Stroller)," the set takes its Ellington-Webster cue and goes looking for the other side of Mingus…