Fire Music is a Jazz album by Archie Shepp, originally released in 1965. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- abrasive
- aggressive
- political
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 .
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Tracklist
- 1Hambone12:29
- 2Los Olvidados8:53
- 3Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm4:48
- 4Prelude to a Kiss4:49
- 5The Girl from Ipanema8:33
- 6Hambone (feat. Marion Brown) [Live 1965 Village Gate]11:51
Credits
Performers
- Marion BrownALTO SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Reggie JohnsonBASS ACOUSTIC BASS
- Joe ChambersDRUMS
- Archie SheppTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Joseph OrangeTROMBONE
- Ted CursonTRUMPET
- David IzenzonBASS ACOUSTIC BASS
- J.C. MosesDRUMS
- Fred PirtleBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Roger BlankDRUMS
- Ashley FennellTROMBONE
- Virgil JonesTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold