The Cry of My People
1973 studio album by Archie Shepp
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
The Cry of My People avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1972 on the Impulse! label. The album features performances by Shepp with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on The Cry of My People ".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated
"Rest Enough (Song to Mother)" - 4:41
"A Prayer" (Cal Massey ) - 6:29
"All God's Children Got a Home in the Universe" - 2:58
"The Lady" (Bob Ford) - 5:31
"The Cry of My People" (Massey) - 5:45
"African Drum Suite, Part 1" (Beaver Harris ) - 0:35
"African Drum Suite, Part 2" (Harris) - 7:34
"Come Sunday " (Duke Ellington ) - 9:30 Recorded at Allegro Sound Studios, NYC, September 25–27, 1972
Personnel
Archie Shepp - tenor and soprano saxophone
Harold Mabern , Dave Burrell - piano Charles McGhee - trumpet
Charles Greenlee , Charles Stephens - trombone Cornell Dupree - guitar Ron Carter - electric bass Jimmy Garrison - bass Bernard Purdie - drums Beaver Harris - drumsNene DeFense, Terry Quaye - congas , percussion , tambourine
Guilherme Franco - berimbau , Brazilian percussionPeggie Blue , Joe Lee Wilson - lead vocals Andre Franklin, Mildred Lane, Mary Stephens, Barbara White, Judith White - backing vocals
John Blake, Gayle Dixon, Leroy Jenkins , Lois Siessinger, Noel DeCosta, Jerry Little - violin
Patricia Dixon, Esther Mellon - cello
Romulus Franceschini - conductor , arranger
Cal Massey , Dave Burrell, Charles Greenlee - arranger, conductor
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
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Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet The House I Live In Lars Gullin , 1963)Four for Trane Fire Music On This Night New Thing at Newport John Coltrane , 1965)Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco Mama Too Tight The Magic of Ju-Ju For Losers Kwanza The Way Ahead Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones Black Gipsy Blasé Live at the Pan-African Festival Pitchin Can Poem for Malcolm Yasmina, a Black Woman Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble Coral Rock Doodlin' Things Have Got to Change Attica Blues The Cry of My People A Sea of Faces Bijou Body and Soul Horo , 1975)Jazz a Confronto 27 Mariamar Montreux One Montreux Two There's a Trumpet in My Soul Hi-Fly Karin Krog , 1976)Steam Goin' Home Horace Parlan , 1977)On Green Dolphin Street Duet Dollar Brand , 1978)Lady Bird Looking at Bird Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1980)Trouble in Mind Mama Rose Jasper van 't Hof , 1982)Soul Song Down Home New York California Meeting: Live on Broadway Little Red Moon Duo Reunion Horace Parlan , 1987)Splashes Lover Man Body and Soul Richard Davis , Enja , 1989)Blue Ballads New York WithCecil With
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