Artist
Archie Shepp
Fort Lauderdale, United States · b. 1937
Archie Shepp is a musician from Fort Lauderdale, United States, active since 1937. Their discography on Gatefold includes 17 records. They also recorded with The Gil Evans Orchestra and Cecil Taylor Quartet.
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Albums tracked
76
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1937
Since
Biography
Archie Shepp, born May 24, 1937 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is an American jazz saxophonist. He mainly plays tenor saxophone but also soprano saxophone, clarinet and piano; he is also a singer, jazz composer and playwright. He is also known for his Afrocentric positions in the 1960s, denouncing the injustices suffered by African-Americans, within the New York Contemporary Five as well as through various collaborations with Horace Parlan, and his contemporaries from the New Thing at Newport, mainly Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. He is one of the musical figures of the Black Arts Movement.
Father of photographer.
Bio from Discogs
Archie Shepp — solo
Their records — most-collected first.
Attica Blues
1972
The Magic Of Ju-Ju
1967
The Cry Of My People
1973
Kwanza
1974
Fire Music
1965
Mama Too Tight
1967
Four For Trane
1965
Soul Song
1983
On This Night
1965
Let My People Go
2021
Ocean Bridges
2020
I Know About The Life
1981
Bijou
1976
There's A Trumpet In My Soul
1975
A Sea Of Faces
1975
Live In San Francisco
1966
Three For A Quarter One For A Dime
1969
The Gil Evans Orchestra
A project Archie Shepp was part of.
Cecil Taylor Quartet
A project Archie Shepp was part of.
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