Archie Shepp Kwanza (Verve By Request Series)

Free Jazz, Blues & Funk Through an African Lens on 180g Vinyl LP!
Transferred from Analog Tapes!
Pressed at Third Man in Detroit!
These 1969 recordings (released five years later in 1974) combine Shepp's free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting. The all-star brass section, featuring James Spaulding and Charles Davis on sax along with trombonist Grachan Moncur III lead the way on stand outs including "New Africa" and "Spoo Pee Doo." This Verve By Request LP features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.
Kwanza may not be one of Shepp's better known recordings, but it is certainly one of his fine ones. - Thom Jurek, AllMusic.com, 4.5/5 stars

Features:

• Verve By Request Series
• 180g Vinyl
• Transferred from Analog Tapes
• Remastered
• Pressed at Third Man in Detroit
• Gatefold Jacket

Musicians:

• Archie Shepp
• Leon Thomas
• Doris Troy
• Tasha Thomas
• Jimmy Owens
• Martin Banks
• Woody Shaw
• Grachan Moncur III
• Matthew Gee
• James Spaulding
• C Sharpe
• Charles Davis
• Cecil Payne
• Dave Burrell
• Andrew Bey
• Cedar Walton
• Wally Richardson
• Bert Payne
• Bob Bushnell
• Albert Winston
• Walter Booker
• Wilbur Ware
• Pretty Purdie
• Beaver Harris
• Joe Chambers

Selections:

Side A
1. Back Back
2. Spoo Pee Doo
3. New Africa
Side B
1. Slow Drag
2. Bakai