1973 studio album by Archie Shepp
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The Cry of My People is an album by 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]
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 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 - drums Nene DeFense, Terry Quaye - congas , percussion , tambourine Guilherme Franco - berimbau , Brazilian percussion Peggie 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
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.
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