Archie SheppFeaturing: Marion Brown, Ted Curson
Fire Music (LP)
LabelImpulse!GenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
Gatefold sleeve with original innersleeve.
1965, the title that named a whole movement. Archie Shepp's elegy "Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm" - recorded weeks after the assassination, spoken word and saxophone grief in one unbroken gesture - anchors a record that swings between rage, elegance and sly humor. The brass arrangements are full of menace and wit; the reading of Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss" proves the fire and the tradition were never opposites in Shepp's world, just two rooms of the same house. Political art of the highest order that never forgets to be music first. One of the defining Impulse! statements of the decade. This edition, ready to work.
Release notes
Recorded: February 16 / March 9, 1965. Archie Shepp plays a Selmer Saxophone. On heavy virgin vinyl. Orange sticker on shrink as depicted in Series page.
| A1 | Hambone | 12:05 | |
| A2 | Los Olvidados | 8:36 | |
| B1 | Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm | 4:40 | |
| B2 | Prelude To A Kiss | 4:41 | |
| B3 | The Girl From Ipanema | 8:18 |
- Marion Brown
- Alto Saxophone
- Hollis King
- Art Direction
- David Izenzon
- Bass (B1)
- Reggie Johnson
- Bass (A1, A2, B2, B3)
- Robert Flynn
- Design [Cover]
- Joe Lebow
- Design [Liner]
- J.C. Moses
- Drums (B1)
- Joe Chambers
- Drums (A1, A2, B2, B3)
- Rudy Van Gelder
- Engineer, Engineer
- "KEV"
- Mastered By
- Mel Cheren
- Painting [Cover]
- Charles Stewart
- Photography By [Cover]
- Bob Thiele
- Producer
- Michael Cuscuna
- Reissue Producer
- Archie Shepp
- Tenor Saxophone
- Joseph Orange
- Trombone
- Ted Curson
- Trumpet
