Archie Shepp: Attica Blues

Archie Shepp: Attica Blues LP Cover

Impulse/ABC Records AS-9222 (US) [released 1972] [cover, back cover]
Impulse/ABC/RCA AS-9222 (CAN) [cover, back cover]
Impulse/GRT V 8027 9222 (US) (8 Track Tape) [cover]
Impulse/MCA Victor MVCI-23038 (J) (CD) [released December 16, 1991] [cover, back cover]
Impulse/Universal Victor UCCI-9022 (J) (96 kHz, 24-bit CD) [released June 27, 2001] [cover, inner cover, back cover]
Impulse/Verve/UMG 024 654 414-2 (US) (96 kHz, 24-bit CD) [released March 11, 2003] [cover]
Impulse/Verve/UMG 654 414-2 (E.U.) (96 kHz, 24-bit CD) [released April 8, 2003] [cover]
Impulse/Polydor/UMG UCCU-5073 (J) (24-bit CD) [released April 23, 2003] [cover]
Impulse/Verve/UMG UCJU-9040 (J) (Limited 180g LP) [released August 24, 2005] [cover]

January 24-26, 1972
New York City

  1. Attica Blues [4:48] (Archie Shepp, William G. Harris)
  2. Invocation: Attica Blues [0:19] (William G. Harris)
  3. Steam, Part 1 [5:16] (Archie Shepp)
  4. Invocation to Mr. Parker [3:06] (Archie Shepp, Bartholomew Gray)
  5. Steam, Part 2 [5:07] (Archie Shepp)
  6. Blues For Brother George Jackson [4:00] (Archie Shepp)
  7. Invocation: Ballad For A Child [0:29] (William G. Harris)
  8. Ballad For A Child [3:36] (Archie Shepp, William G. Harris)
  9. Good Bye Sweet Pops [4:22] (Cal Massey)
  10. Quiet Dawn [6:10] (Cal Massey)

Archie Shepp (ts, ss)
Henry Hull, Joshie Armstead, Albertine Robinson, Joe Lee Wilson, Waheeda Massey (voc)
Roy Burrowes, Michael Ridley, Charles McGhee (tp)
Clifford Thornton (cornett)
Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi, Charles Greenlee (tb)
Hakim Jami (euphonium)
Marion Brown (as, fl, perc)
Clarence White (as)
Billy Robinson, Roland Alexander (ts)
James Ware (bariton-sax)
Cal Massey (flugelhorn)
Leroy Jenkins, John Blake, L. Shankar (viol)
Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott (cello)
Walter Davis Jr., Dave Burrell (p)
Cornell Dupree (g)
Gerald Jemmott, Roland Wilson, Jimmy Garrison (b)
Beaver Harris (dr)
Ollie Anderson, Jumma Santos, Nene DeFense (perc)
William Kunstler, Bartholomew Gray (speech)
Romulus Franceschini (director)

* Track 1 or excerpts of it appear on Classic Blues of Various Artists, Vol. 1 (Bluesway/abc Records BLS-6061); Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (Brown Sugar Records); Free Soul Mind; Irrepressible Impulses (Impulse IMP 1972); Spellbinder (Impulse/MCA Victor MVCM-306); The Revolutionary Hymns (ITM 1450); Impulsive! Unmixed (Impulse/Universal Music 06024 9884317)
* Track 5 appears on Soulful - Delivering A Jazz Message (Impulse! IMP 12392)

Source: KK, HM

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