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:  Four For Trane (Verve Vault Series) (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.  Syeeda's Song Flute (8:30)

 2.  Mr. Syms (7:41)

Side Two:

 1.  Cousin Mary (7:14)

 2.  Naima (7:09)

 3.  Rufus (6:24)

Personnel:

Archie Shepp:  Tenor Saxophone

Alan Shorter:  Flugelorn

John Tohical:  Alto Saxophone

Roswell Rudd:  Trombone

Reggie Workman:  Double Bass

Charles Moffett:  Drums

Four For Trane is a studio album by Archie Shepp, originally released on January, 1965 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on December 12, 2025 by Impulse!  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.