The Way Ahead (album)
1968 studio album by Archie Shepp
The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp , released on Impulse! Records in 1968. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, trumpeter Jimmy Owens , trombonist Grachan Moncur III , pianist Walter Davis Jr. , bassist Ron Carter and drummers Roy Haynes and Beaver Harris in January 1968 with two additional tracks featuring baritone saxophonist Charles Davis , pianist Dave Burrell and bassist Walter Booker recorded in February 1969, and first released on Kwanza (1974), added to the CD release.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "The set is a glorious stretch of the old and new, with deep blues, gospel, and plenty of guttersnipe swing in the mix."[ 2]
Track listing
"Damn If I Know (The Stroller)" (Walter Davis Jr.) - 6:16
"Frankenstein" (Grachan Moncur III) - 13:50
"Fiesta" (Archie Shepp) - 9:54
"Sophisticated Lady " (Duke Ellington , Irving Mills , Mitchell Parish ) - 7:08
"New Africa" (Moncur) - 12:55 Bonus track on CD
"Bakai" (Cal Massey ) - 10:14 Bonus track on CD
Recorded at RCA Studio, NYC, January 29, 1968 (tracks 1-4) and National Recording Studios, NYC, February 26, 1969(tracks 5-6)
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Leader
Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
The House I Live In (and Lars Gullin , 1963)
Four for Trane (1964)
Fire Music (1965)
On This Night (1965)
New Thing at Newport (split album with John Coltrane , 1965)
Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
Mama Too Tight (1966)
The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
For Losers (1968–69)
Kwanza (1968–69)
The Way Ahead (1968)
Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
Black Gipsy (1969)
Blasé (1969)
Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
Pitchin Can (1969–70)
Poem for Malcolm (1969)
Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
Coral Rock (1970)
Doodlin' (1970)
Things Have Got to Change (1971)
Attica Blues (1972)
The Cry of My People (1972)
A Sea of Faces (1975)
Bijou (1975)
Body and Soul (Horo , 1975)
Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
Mariamar (1975)
Montreux One (1975)
Montreux Two (1975)
There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
Hi-Fly (and Karin Krog , 1976)
Steam (1976)
Goin' Home (and Horace Parlan , 1977)
On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
Duet (and Dollar Brand , 1978)
Lady Bird (1978)
Looking at Bird (and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1980)
Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
Mama Rose (and Jasper van 't Hof , 1982)
Soul Song (1982)
Down Home New York (1984)
California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
Little Red Moon (1985)
Duo Reunion (and Horace Parlan , 1987)
Splashes (1987)
Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
Body and Soul (and Richard Davis , Enja , 1989)
Blue Ballads (1995)
New York Contemporary Five WithCecil Taylor With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithDavid Murray WithArchie Shepp With others