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  • Artist: Archie Shepp
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: May 14, 1976
  • Total Time: 68:03
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

This colorful live LP features Archie Shepp on tenor, and a bit of his more basic piano, playing three lengthy compositions (Duke Ellington's "Solitude," Cal Massey's "A Message from Trane" and Shepp's own "Steam") in a sparse trio with bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Beaver Harris. The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
A Message from Trane Cal Massey Archie Shepp (18:58)
Solitude Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington Archie Shepp (11:40)
Invitation Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster Archie Shepp (14:29)
Ah-Leu-Cha Charlie Parker Archie Shepp (8:06)
Steam Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (9:23)
52nd Street Theme Thelonious Monk Archie Shepp (:57)

Credits

Cameron Brown (Bass), Carlos Albrecht (Audio Engineer), Carlos Albrecht (Engineer), Cameron Brown (Bass (Upright)), Giuseppe Pino (Photography), Archie Shepp (Sax (Tenor)), Matthias Winckelmann (Audio Production), Matthias Winckelmann (Producer), Beaver Harris (Drums), Archie Shepp (Piano), Horst Weber (Producer)
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Steam
Live album by Archie Shepp
Released 1976
Recorded May 14, 1976
Genre Jazz
Label Enja
Professional reviews
Archie Shepp chronology
Bijou
(1975)		 Steam
(1976)		 Hi-Fly
(1976)

Steam is a live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976 and released on the Enja label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas".[1]

Track listing

  1. "A Message from Trane" (Cal Massey) - 18:58
  2. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 11:40
  3. "Invitation" (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 14:29 Bonus track on CD
  4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD
  5. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) - 9:23
  6. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) - 0:57
  • Recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 29 July, 2009.

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