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Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp live at Jazzkeller Frankfurt 1993
Archie Shepp live at Jazzkeller Frankfurt 1993
Background information
Born May 24, 1937 (1937-05-24) (age 71)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Genre(s) Jazz
Occupation(s) Composer, saxophonist, pianist
Instrument(s) Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano
Years active 1960-present
Label(s) Impulse!, SteepleChase Arista, Delmark
Associated acts Horace Parlan
Website www.archieshepp.com

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Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. Afrocentrism or Afrocentricity is a World view that emphasizes the importance of African people in culture philosophy and history The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of categorizing Humans into Populations or groups on the basis of various sets Horace Parlan (born 1931 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American Hard bop and Post-bop Piano player Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15 or March 25, 1929 in New York City) is an American Pianist and poet

He has stated, "Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. " (1990)[2]

Contents

Biography

Early career and Cecil Taylor

Shepp studied drama at Goddard College from 1955 to 1959, but after a lack of success in securing acting jobs after moving to New York, he turned to music professionally. Goddard College is a private college located in Plainfield, Vermont, that grants bachelor degrees ( BA and BFA) and master degrees ( MA Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor, who at that time was just beginning to blossom from merely a very eccentric Thelonious Monk-influenced young upstart into one of the most important and controversial figures of the 1960s avantgarde. Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz and classical harmonies from Latin America the Caribbean Europe Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15 or March 25, 1929 in New York City) is an American Pianist and poet Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. Shepp appeared on Air, The World Of Cecil Taylor and Cell Walk For Celeste, all of which remain defining Taylor recordings.

John Coltrane

His first notable forays into recording under his own name came with the New York Contemporary Five band, which included Don Cherry. Don (Donald Eugene Cherry ( November 18 1936 &ndash October 19 1995) was an innovative African-American Jazz Trumpeter John Coltrane's admiration led to recordings for Impulse!, the first of which was Four for Trane in 1964, an album of mainly Coltrane compositions on which he was sided by his long-time friend, trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassist Reggie Workman and alto player John Tchicai. Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist Reginald "Reggie" Workman (born June 26, 1937 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Avant-garde jazz and Hard John Martin Tchicai (born April 28, 1936) is a Danish Jazz Saxophonist. The album Giant Steps had been one of Coltrane's best-known, and this collection of new versions on Coltrane's own label was a statement that jazz was not standing still. Giant Steps is a 1960 Album by Jazz musician John Coltrane, released on Atlantic Records. And Coltrane, Shepp and others were about to move it forward again.

Shepp participated in the sessions for Coltrane's A Love Supreme in early 1965 but none of the takes he participated in were included on the final LP release (they were made available for the first time on a 2002 reissue). A Love Supreme is a Jazz Album released by John Coltrane 's quartet in 1965. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. A gramophone See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. However, Shepp, along with Tchichai and others from the Four for Trane sessions, then cut the massively influential and extremely avantgarde Ascension with Coltrane in 1965, and his place alongside Trane at the forefront of the avantgarde scene was epitomized when the pair split a record (the first side a Coltrane set, the second a Shepp set) entitled New Thing At Newport released in late 1965. This article is about the John Coltrane album For other uses of the term see Ascension. Some critics felt Shepp was rather too heavily influenced by Coltrane, though Trane's influence at the time was so vast that nearly every saxophonist who was attaining stardom at the time was on the receiving end of this criticism at one point in their careers (most notably Wayne Shorter). Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the

Fire Music

1965 also saw the release of the Fire Music LP which included the first signs of Shepp's increasingly prominent political consciousness and Afrocentricity: it included the reading of an elegy for Malcolm X, and the title is derived from a ceremonial African music tradition and highlights the passion and anger of the whole project. Fire Music is a studio album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965 It also saw Shepp pushing the boundaries of jazz but remaining somewhat tethered to bebop traditions, as the saxophonist performed standards "Prelude To A Kiss" and "The Girl From Ipanema" with a variety of tempos and interplay of horns. " The Girl from Ipanema " (" Garota de Ipanema " is a well-known Bossa nova Song, a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that won a Grammy

The Magic of Ju-Ju

The Magic of Ju-Ju in 1967 also took its name from African musical traditions and this time the music too dived headlong into the continent's music itself, utilising a frenetic African percussion ensemble. At this time, many African-American jazzmen were becoming increasingly aware of Afrocentrism and the musical traditions of the African continent; along with Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp was at the forefront of this movement. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940 The Magic of Ju-Ju defined Shepp's sound for the next few years - seemingly chaotic avantgarde sax lines coupled with the rhythms and ideologies of Africa.

Archie Shepp in France, 1982
Archie Shepp in France, 1982

The 1970s and after

Shepp continued to experiment into the new decade, at various times including harmonica players and spoken word poets in his ensembles. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung POETS day is a term used by workers in England and Australia, to jocularly refer to Friday as the last day of the Work week. Attica Blues and The Cry of My People, meanwhile, from 1972 were Shepp's angriest statements of black freedom yet. Attica Blues is an album by Avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The former was his response to the Attica Prison riots. The Attica Prison riot occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica New York, United States in 1971.

In the late 1970s and beyond, Shepp's career zigzagged between various old territories and various new territories. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He continued to explore the music of Africa, while also recording blues, ballads, spirituals (on the 1977 album Goin' Home with Horace Parlan) and tributes to more traditional jazz figures like Charlie Parker and Sidney Bechet while at other times dabbling in R&B, and recording with various European artists like Jasper Van't Hof and Dresch Mihály. Goin' Home is a 1977 Jazz duet album by Saxophonist Archie Shepp and Pianist Horace Parlan. Horace Parlan (born 1931 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American Hard bop and Post-bop Piano player Sidney Bechet ( May 14, 1897 &ndash May 14, 1959) was an American Jazz saxophonist, Clarinetist and Composer Mihály Dresch (born 1955 in Budapest) is a Hungarian saxophone player and one of the most interesting jazz- and folk musicians in the current Budapest scene Since the early nineties he often plays with the French trumpet player Eric Le Lann with whom he recorded the album Live in Paris in 1995. Éric Le Lann (born 1957 in Brittany) is a French Jazz Trumpeter He moved to Paris in 1977 where he had his professional debut

Teaching career

Beginning in 1971 Archie Shepp began a thirty year career as a professor of music at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in Shepps first two courses were entitled "Revolutionary Concepts in African-American Music" and "Black Musician in the Theater. "[3]

Other media

Shepp has returned to his first love, drama, at various times in his career - his works include The Communist (1965) and Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy (1972). Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

From the 1970s to the early 2000s Archie Shepp was a professor in the African-American Studies department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he taught both music and music history. During the early 1970s Shepp was also a professor of African American Studies at SUNY at Buffalo.

Shepp is featured in the 1981 documentary film Imagine the Sound, in which he discusses and performs his music and poetry. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Imagine the Sound is a 1981 Canadian Documentary film about Free jazz, directed by Ron Mann.

Shepp also appears in Mystery, Mr. Ra, a 1984 French documentary about Sun Ra, in which he is interviewed about his experience with the enigmatic jazz legend. Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, Legal name Le Sony'r Ra; The film also includes footage of Shepp playing with Sun Ra's Arkestra.

Discography

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ARCHIE|SHEPP&sql=11:difexqy5ldae~T1
  2. ^ http://www.archieshepp.com/dialogue.html
  3. ^ Farberman, Bradley (29 January 2007), Retired Prof. Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Fire Music is a studio album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965 Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Attica Blues is an album by Avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Goin' Home is a 1977 Jazz duet album by Saxophonist Archie Shepp and Pianist Horace Parlan. Horace Parlan (born 1931 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American Hard bop and Post-bop Piano player Abdullah Ibrahim (born 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) formerly known as Adolph Johannes Brand, and as Dollar Brand Sir John Richard Hicks ( April 8, 1904 May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential Economists and Religious Inclusivists George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz on September 9, 1944 in Písek, Czech Republic) is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist Mihály Dresch (born 1955 in Budapest) is a Hungarian saxophone player and one of the most interesting jazz- and folk musicians in the current Budapest scene Archie Shepp discuses legendary career, United States: The Massachusetts Daily Collegian 

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