Mama Too Tight is a Jazz album by Archie Shepp, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 43 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- raw
- intense
- primal
About
Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp strikes a balance of savage improvisation and compositional ambition on this 1966 free-jazz masterwork, channeling political anger while embracing the scope of black American music. The three-part, 19-minute opus “A Portrait of Robert Thompson (As a Young Man)” finds Shepp and his octet twisting, spluttering, and screeching, but also referencing blues, gospel, and Dixieland. The celebratory title track rides on James Brown-esque horn riffs, while “Basheer” culminates in a crescendo of snarling tenor sax.
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Tracklist
- 1A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (As a Young Man)18:57
- 2Mama Too Tight5:25
- 3Theme for Ernie3:21
- 4Basheer10:38
Credits
Performers
- Charlie HadenBASS CONTRABASS
- Perry RobinsonCLARINET
- Beaver HarrisDRUMS
- Archie SheppTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Grachan Moncur IIITROMBONE
- Roswell RuddTROMBONE
- Tommy TurrentineTRUMPET
- Howard JohnsonTUBA
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 43 pressings tracked on Gatefold