Archie Shepp
Poem for Malcom
BYG Records (France) 197x
539.311 (LP) coated gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(some light dirts, light color-faded.)
media : VG+/VG+(A1 and B1 has some slightly noises caused by slightly clouds.)
Archie Shepp, a gem of a saxophonist who, alongside John Coltrane and Cecil Tayler, has produced a number of back-to Africa jazz masterpieces, released in 1969 on the Actuel series of BYG, France. Joined with Alan Silva, Burton Greene, Philly Joe Jones, Malachi Favors, Hank Mobley, Grachan Moncur III and Claude Delcloo. The A-side is dedicated to Malcom X, a leader of the Black Liberation Movement during the Civil Rights Movement, and is a stirring song, as if it were his life expressed in music. The B-side ends with Shepp's saxophone solo, which develops into Miles Davis' 'Oleo' after a raging interplay. This is a historical masterpiece of spiritual free jazz with a return to Africa.
A1: Mamarose
A2: Poem for Malcom