Archie Shepp

Artist:  Archie Shepp

Born:  May 24, 1937.  Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Film Score,Vocal Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Educator

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Piano, Vocals

Archie Shepp is an American Jazz Musician, Composer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He began playing Banjo with his father, then studied Piano and Saxophone while attending high school in Germantown.  He played in a Latin Jazz Band for a short time before joining the band of Avant-Garde Pianist Cecil Taylor.  His first recording under his own name, Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet, was released on Savoy Records in 1962, and featured a composition by Ormette Coleman.  He formed the New York Contemporary Five, John Coltrane's admiration for him led to recordings for Impulse! Records, joined by Rosewell Rudd (Trombone), Alan Shorter (Trumpet), Reggie Workman (Bass), and Charles Moffett (Drums).

Title:  The Magic Of Ju-Ju (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Film Score,Vocal Jazz

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  The Magic Of Ju-Ju (18:37)

Side Two:

 1.  You're What This Day Is All About (1:51)

 2.  Shazam (4:43)

 3.  Sorry 'Bout That (10:07)

Personnel:

Archie Shepp:  Tenor Saxophone

Martin Banks:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Mike Zwerin:  Bass Trombone, Trombone

Reggie Workman:  Bass

Norman Connors:  Drums

Beaver Harris:  Drums

Frank Charles:  Talking Drum

Dennis Charles:  Percussion

Ed Blackwell:  Rhythm Logs

 The Magic Of Ju-Ju is an album by Archie Shepp, originally released in May 1968 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on March 14, 2025 by Verve.  180 Gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl.