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Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp has been played over 140 times on NTS, first on 2 August 2013. Archie Shepp's music has been featured on 127 episodes.

Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, poet, and playwright long known for the outspoken political tones in his work.

Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24th, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late sixties which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is…

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Blasé
Archie Shepp
BYG Records1969
Blasé
Archie SheppBYG Records1969
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Attica Blues
Archie Shepp
Impulse!1972
Attica Blues
Archie SheppImpulse!1972
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Song For Mozambique / Poem: A Sea Of Faces
Archie Shepp
Black Saint1975
Song For Mozambique / Poem: A Sea Of Faces
Archie SheppBlack Saint1975
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Quiet Dawn
Archie Shepp
Impulse!1972
Quiet Dawn
Archie SheppImpulse!1972
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Contracts
Archie Shepp, Jasper Van't Hof (Nils Winther mix)
SteepleChase1982
Contracts
Archie Shepp, Jasper Van't Hof (Nils Winther mix)SteepleChase1982
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There's A Trumpet In My Soul
Archie Shepp
Freedom1975
There's A Trumpet In My Soul
Archie SheppFreedom1975
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Left Alone
Archie Shepp, Dollar Brand
Denon1978
Left Alone
Archie Shepp, Dollar BrandDenon1978
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Ballad For A Child
Archie Shepp
Impulse!1972
Ballad For A Child
Archie SheppImpulse!1972
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A Prayer
Archie Shepp
Impulse!, ABC Records1973
A Prayer
Archie SheppImpulse!, ABC Records1973
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Pulse Of The Roots
Archie Shepp, Jasper Van't Hof
L+R Records1987
Pulse Of The Roots
Archie Shepp, Jasper Van't HofL+R Records1987
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