Album

Fire Music

Archie Shepp

1965 · Jazz

4 collectors on Gatefold own this

Start your shelf →Open in app
Fire Music by Archie Shepp

Fire Music is a Jazz album by Archie Shepp, originally released in 1965. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

About

This particular early Archie Shepp recording has its strong moments, although it is a bit erratic. Four selections utilize an advanced sextet. Of these songs, "Hambone" has overly repetitive and rather monotonous riffing by the horns behind the soloists, and Shepp's bizarre exploration of "The Girl From Ipanema" gets tedious, but the episodic "Los Olvidaos" is quite colorful, and the tenorman sounds fine on a spacy rendition of "Prelude to a Kiss." "Malcolm, Malcolm-Semper Malcolm" has Shepp reading a brief poem for the fallen Malcolm X before he jams effectively on tenor in a trio with bassist David Izenzon and drummer J.C. Moses. Overall, this set, even with its faults, is recommended.

via Last.fm

The Clerk says

The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.

Start your shelf to read the full take →

Open this record in GatefoldThe full album page. Every pressing and its live price unlocks with Mosh Pit.→

Tracklist

  1. 1Hambone12:29
  2. 2Los Olvidados8:53
  3. 3Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm4:48
  4. 4Prelude to a Kiss4:49
  5. 5The Girl from Ipanema8:33
  6. 6Hambone (feat. Marion Brown) [Live 1965 Village Gate]11:51

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
  • abrasive
  • aggressive
  • political

Album notes

Discogs page for these notes (opens in a new tab)

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded on February 16 & March 9, 1965.
A Product of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc.
Archie Shepp plays a Selmer Saxophone.
Gatefold cover with printed inner company sleeve.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Archie SheppTENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, COMPOSED BY
  • Ashley FennellTROMBONE
  • David IzenzonBASS ACOUSTIC BASS
  • Fred PirtleBARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • J.C. MosesDRUMS
  • Joe ChambersDRUMS
  • Joseph OrangeTROMBONE
  • Marion BrownALTO SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Reggie JohnsonBASS ACOUSTIC BASS
  • Roger BlankDRUMS
  • Ted CursonTRUMPET
  • Virgil JonesTRUMPET

4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold

View this release on Discogs →

Start your shelf.

Track your pressings of Fire Music, get the Clerk's take, and see what the record is worth — free.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.