Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist.[1] He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor.
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 Archie Shepp in Warsaw, 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 24, 1937 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, free jazz, avant-garde jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Saxophone, Piano |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels | Impulse!, SteepleChase, DENON, BYG Actuel |
| Associated acts | Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Horace Parlan |
| Website | www |
With 1972's Attica Blues and The Cry of My People, he spoke out for civil rights; the former album was a response to the Attica Prison riots.
Shepp was also a professor of African-American Studies at SUNY in Buffalo, New York.[2]
Archie Shepp Media
(video) Interview from 1978, Archie Shepp discusses jazz trends, poverty, politics, civil rights, culture and society.
Archie Shepp with the singer Shirley Bunnie Foy, with whom he recorded the 1975 album A Sea of Faces
Archie Shepp in France, 1982
Archie Shepp at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, August 19, 1982
Concert of Archie Shepp and Reggie Workman in the Red Hall' of the Deutschordensmuseum Bad Mergentheim, 2016.6.
References
- ↑ "NEA Jazz Masters". www.arts.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Zune Music + Video - Xbox.com". Social.zune.net. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
Other websites
- Official site
- Stewart Smith, "Archie Shepp interview", Summerhall, July 31, 2012.
- Phil Freeman, "Interview: Archie Shepp on John Coltrane, the Blues and More" Archived 2015-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, Red Bull Music Academy, August 25, 2014.
- Archie Shepp on IMDb
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