Archie SHEPP and Dollar BRAND - Duet 1978

Archie SHEPP and Dollar BRAND - Duet 1978

Jazz

Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ...  Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...  is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...  Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...  For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...  A short grand piano, with the top up. ...  Two soprano clarinets: a B♭ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ...  This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ...  The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ...
Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late sixties which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane.
From FactBites.
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A somewhat surprising pairing at the time, the former firebrand of the tenor sax and the wonderful South African pianist found a pleasant and relaxed meeting point. By 1978, Shepp had largely abandoned the ferocious attack that gained him renown in the '60s, settling on a rich, Ben Webster-ish tone and playing a repertoire consisting of modern standards and bluesy originals. Two such pieces, the lovely Dave Burrell/Marion Brown composition "Fortunato" and Mal Waldron's "Left Alone," are highlights of this session, Shepp's burnished tone as soft as an old shoe. Ibrahim is a fairly deferential partner here, generally preferring to play the role of accompanist, although certainly one sprinkling his work with plenty of ideas for Shepp to work off. But the prevailing sense of relaxation begins to pall after a while and one wishes for a bit more of the old rough and tumble that these two were surely capable of.
Still, for those who enjoyed Shepp's mid-'70s dates for Arista/Freedom and Ibrahim's more subdued group efforts of the late '70s and early '80s, there's much good listening here.
By Brian Olewnick.
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Archie Shepp- (Tenor, Alto and Soprano Saxophones)
Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim- (Piano)
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01. Fortunato (Dave Burrell/Marion Brown) 7:41
02. Barefoot Boy From Queens Town - To Mongezi (Archie Shepp) 7:51
03. Left Alone (Mal Waldron) 7:54
04. Theme From "Proof Of The Man" (Yuji Ohno) 8:17
05. Ubu-Suku (Dollar Brand) 4:34
06. Moniebah (Dollar Brand) 8:21
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