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Attica Blues is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title refers to the Attica Prison riots.




Reception


The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states: "Attica Blues is one of Shepp's most successful large-group projects, because his skillful handling of so many different styles of black music produces such tremendously groovy results". Stephen Davis of Rolling Stone said that it was "not just a masterpiece of protest: [...] it is more a politico/religious experience, an appeal to higher human consciousness to, for God's sake, help us out of this torment."




Track listing


All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated
"Attica Blues" (lyrics by Beaver Harris) – 4:49
"Invocation: Attica Blues" (Harris) – 0:18
"Steam, Part 1" – 5:08
"Invocation to Mr. Parker" (lyrics by Bart Gray) – 3:17
"Steam, Part 2" – 5:10
"Blues for Brother George Jackson" – 4:00
"Invocation: Ballad for a Child" (Harris) – 0:30
"Ballad for a Child" (lyrics by Harris) – 3:37
"Good-Bye Sweet Pops" (Cal Massey) – 4:23
"Quiet Dawn" (Massey) – 6:12
Recorded at A&R Recording, NYC, January 24–26, 1972 (Track timings slightly differ from one issue to another, due to merging tracks.)




Personnel


Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8, 10) and soprano saxophone (3, 5, 9)
Brass and reed section on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10
Clifford Thornton - cornet
Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley - trumpet
Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi - trombone
Hakim Jami - euphonium
Clarence White - alto saxophone
Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson - tenor saxophone
James Ware - baritone saxophone
String section on tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8—10
John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Lakshinarayana Shankar - violin
Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott - cello
Marion Brown - alto saxophone (1, 6), bamboo flute (3), flute (4), percussion (3—5)
Walter Davis, Jr. - electric piano (1, 6), piano (6, 8—10)
Dave Burrell - electric piano (3, 5)
Cornell Dupree - guitar (1, 3, 5, 8)
Roland Wilson (1, 3, 5–6, 8), Gerald Jemmott (1) - Fender bass
Jimmy Garrison - bass (3—5, 9, 10)
Beaver Harris (1, 3, 5–6, 8) - drums
Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan - percussion (1, 6, 10)
Vocals
Henry Hull (1, 8), Joe Lee Wilson (3, 5) - vocals
William Kunstler (2, 7), Bartholomew Gray (4) - narrator
Joshie Armstead, Albertine Robertson - backing vocals (1)
Featured exclusively on tracks 9 and 10, written by Cal Massey
Romulus Franceschini - conductor and co-arranger
Cal Massey - fluegelhorn (10)
Waheeda Massey - vocals (10)
Billy Higgins - drums




References






External links


BBC Music Review, Attica Blues
Allmusic Review, Attica Blues

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