Archie Shepp

tenor saxophone, soprano, viola, piano, vocals · 1937 · Fort Lauderdale

Saxophonist, teacher and playwright, a figure of the jazz avant-garde since the 1960s. He played with John Coltrane, notably on Ascension, and then taught for about thirty years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Styles

• Free jazz
• Spiritual jazz

Landmark tracks

• Mama Too Tight (1966)
• The Magic of Ju-Ju (1968)
• Attica Blues (1972)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Dedicated episode · Feb 7, 2021: Archie Shepp, au matin des Noirs (59 Rue des Archives, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

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