Archie Shepp ‎– Attica Blues

Label:

Impulse! – AS-9222

Format:

Vinyl, LP

Country:

Released:

1972

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Attica Blues	4:49
A2	Invocation: Attica Blues	0:18
A3	Steam, Part 1	5:08
A4	Invocation To Mr. Parker	3:17
A5	Steam, Part 2	5:10
B1	Blues For Brother George Jackson	4:00
B2	Invocation: Ballad For A Child	0:30
B3	Ballad For A Child	3:37
B4	Good Bye Sweet Pops	4:23
B5	Quiet Dawn	6:12

Credits

Backing Vocals – Albertine Robinson (tracks: A1), Joshie Armstead* (tracks: A1)
Bass – Jimmy Garrison (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5)
Bass [Fender] – Jerry Jemmott (tracks: A1), Roland Wilson (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3)
Cello – Calo Scott (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Ronald Lipscomb (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Conductor – Romulus Franceschini (tracks: B4, B5)
Cornet – Clifford Thornton (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Drums – Beaver Harris (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3), Billy Higgins (tracks: B4, B5)
Euphonium – Hakim Jami (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Flugelhorn – Cal Massey (tracks: B5)
Flute – Marion Brown (tracks: A4)
Flute [Bamboo] – Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A5)
Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3)
Narrator – Bartholomew Gray (tracks: A4), William Kunstler (tracks: A2, B2)
Percussion – Juma Sutan* (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A4, A5), Nene DeFense (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Ollie Anderson (tracks: A1, B1, B5)
Piano – Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: B1, B3, B4, B5)
Piano [Electric] – Dave Burrell (tracks: A3, A5), Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: A1, B1)
Producer – Ed Michel
Saxophone [Alto] – Clarence White (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A1, B1)
Saxophone [Baritone] – James Ware (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Saxophone [Soprano] – Archie Shepp (tracks: A3, A5, B4)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Archie Shepp (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B5), Billy Robinson (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roland Alexander (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Charles Stephens (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Kiane Zawadi (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trumpet – Charles McGhee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Michael Ridley (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roy Burrowes (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Violin – John Blake (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Leroy Jenkins (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Shankar (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Vocals – Henry Hull (tracks: A1, B3), Joe Lee Wilson (tracks: A3, A5), Waheeda Massey (tracks: B5)

Notes

Recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 1972, at A&R Recording, New York. Engineering by Tony May, assisted by Eddie Sepanski.

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 7) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Attica Blues (LP, Album, RE, Ltd)	Impulse!, Universal Music Special Markets	AS-9222, B00112610-01	US	2009
Attica Blues (LP, Album, RM, RE, Ltd, 180)	Universal Music K.K., Impulse!	UCJU-9040, AS-9222	Japan	2005
Attica Blues (CD, Album, RE)	Impulse!, Impulse!	MVCI-23038, AS-9222	Japan	1991
Attica Blues (CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!	024 654 414-2	US	2003
Attica Blues (LP, Gat)	Impulse!, Carrere	(AS 9.222), AS 9.222	France	1972