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Attica Blues
Archie Shepp
Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 1972
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Tracks
Attica Blues; Invocation: Attica Blues; Steam, Part 1; Invocation to Mr. Parker; Steam, Part 2; Blues for Brother George Jackson; Invocation: Ballad for a Child; Ballad for a Child; Good-Bye Sweet Pops; Quiet Dawn.
Personnel
Archie Shepp
saxophone, tenorAdditional Personnel / Information
Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8, 10) and soprano saxophone (3, 5, 9) Brass and reed section on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10; Clifford Thornton - cornet; Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley - trumpet Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi - trombone; Hakim Jami - euphonium; Clarence White - alto saxophone; Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson - tenor saxophone; James Ware - baritone saxophone; Marion Brown - alto saxophone (1, 6), bamboo flute (3), flute (4), percussion (3—5); Walter Davis, Jr. - electric piano (1, 6), piano (6, 8—10); Dave Burrell - electric piano (3, 5); Cornell Dupree - guitar (1, 3, 5, 8); Roland Wilson (1, 3, 5–6, 8), Gerald Jemmott (1) - Fender bass; Jimmy Garrison - bass (3—5, 9, 10); Beaver Harris (1, 3, 5–6, 8) - drums; Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan - percussion (1, 6, 10); Vocals; Henry Hull (1, 8), Joe Lee Wilson (3, 5) - vocals; William Kunstler (2, 7), Bartholomew Gray (4) - narrator. Joshie Armstead, Albertine Robertson - backing vocals (1) Featured exclusively on tracks 9 and 10, written by Cal Massey Romulus Franceschini - conductor and co-arranger Cal Massey - fluegelhorn (10) Waheeda Massey - vocals (10) Billy Higgins - drums
