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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
| 1 | Hambone | ♡ | 12:30 | Archie Shepp | |
| 2 | Los Olvidados | ♡ | 8:54 | Archie Shepp | |
| 3 | Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm | ♡ | 4:48 | Archie Shepp | |
| 4 | Prelude to a Kiss | ♡ | 4:49 | Irving Gordon / Irving Mills / Duke Ellington | |
| 5 | The Girl from Ipanema | ♡ | 8:34 | Vinicius de Moraes / Antônio Carlos Jobim | |
| 6 | Hambone | ♡ | 11:52 | Archie Shepp | Archie Shepp / Marion Brown |
Links
- Folder:
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000200525
Credits
Alto Saxophone — Marion Brown Bass — Reggie Johnson Drums — Joe Chambers Engineer — Rudy Van Gelder Painting — Mel Cheren Producer — Bob Thiele Tenor Saxophone — Archie Shepp Trombone — Joseph Orange Trumpet — Ted Curson
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