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</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Archie Shepp</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Shepp in <a href="Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Archie Vernon Shepp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1937-05-24</span>) </span>May 24, 1937<br><a href="Fort_Lauderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lauderdale">Fort Lauderdale</a>, Florida, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>, <a href="Free_jazz" title="Free jazz">free jazz</a>, <a href="Avant-garde_jazz" title="Avant-garde jazz">avant-garde jazz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, composer, educator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">Tenor saxophone</a>, <a href="Soprano_saxophone" title="Soprano saxophone">soprano saxophone</a>, <a href="Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a>, <a href="Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, vocals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1960–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a>, <a href="SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, <a href="Denon_Records" title="Denon Records">Denon</a>, <a href="BYG_Actuel" class="mw-redirect" title="BYG Actuel">BYG Actuel</a>, <a href="Marge_Records" title="Marge Records">Marge</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archieshepp.org">archieshepp<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Archie Shepp</b> (born May 24, 1937) is an American <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of <a href="Avant-garde_jazz" title="Avant-garde jazz">avant-garde jazz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3></div>
<p>Archie Vernon Shepp was born in <a href="Fort_Lauderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lauderdale">Fort Lauderdale</a>, Florida, United States, but was raised in <a href="Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began playing <a href="Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a> with his father, then studied <a href="Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> and <a href="Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> while attending high school in <a href="Germantown%2C_Philadelphia" title="Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown</a>. He studied drama at <a href="Goddard_College" title="Goddard College">Goddard College</a> from 1955 to 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-NEA_Jazz_Masters_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEA_Jazz_Masters-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He played in a <a href="Latin_jazz" title="Latin jazz">Latin jazz</a> band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist <a href="Cecil_Taylor" title="Cecil Taylor">Cecil Taylor</a>. In 1962, Shepp performed with trumpeter <a href="Bill_Dixon" title="Bill Dixon">Bill Dixon</a> at the <a href="8th_World_Festival_of_Youth_and_Students" title="8th World Festival of Youth and Students">8th World Festival of Youth and Students</a> in <a href="Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, Finland.<sup id="cite_ref-CI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shepp's first recording under his own name, <i><a href="Archie_Shepp_-_Bill_Dixon_Quartet" class="mw-redirect" title="Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet">Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet</a></i>, was released on <a href="Savoy_Records" title="Savoy Records">Savoy Records</a> in 1963 and features a composition by <a href="Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CbOct63_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CbOct63-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jdisco_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jdisco-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with alto saxophonist <a href="John_Tchicai" title="John Tchicai">John Tchicai</a> and trumpeter <a href="Don_Cherry_(trumpeter)" title="Don Cherry (trumpeter)">Don Cherry</a>, Shepp formed the <a href="New_York_Contemporary_Five" title="New York Contemporary Five">New York Contemporary Five</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AM_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>'s admiration for Shepp led to recordings for <a href="Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse! Records</a>, the first of which was <i><a href="Four_for_Trane" title="Four for Trane">Four for Trane</a></i> in 1964, an album of mainly Coltrane compositions on which he was joined by Tchicai, trombonist <a href="Roswell_Rudd" title="Roswell Rudd">Roswell Rudd</a>, trumpeter <a href="Alan_Shorter" title="Alan Shorter">Alan Shorter</a>, bassist <a href="Reggie_Workman" title="Reggie Workman">Reggie Workman</a> and drummer <a href="Charles_Moffett" title="Charles Moffett">Charles Moffett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3></div>
<p>Shepp participated in the sessions for Coltrane's <i><a href="A_Love_Supreme" title="A Love Supreme">A Love Supreme</a></i> in late 1964, but none of the takes he participated in were included on the final LP release (they were made available for the first time on a 2002 reissue).<sup id="cite_ref-AM_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Shepp, along with Tchicai and others from the <i>Four for Trane</i> sessions, then recorded <i><a href="Ascension_(John_Coltrane_album)" title="Ascension (John Coltrane album)">Ascension</a></i> with Coltrane in 1965, and his place alongside Coltrane at the forefront of the <a href="Avant-garde_jazz" title="Avant-garde jazz">avant-garde jazz</a> scene was epitomized when the pair split a record (the first side a Coltrane set, the second a Shepp set) entitled <i><a href="New_Thing_at_Newport" title="New Thing at Newport">New Thing at Newport</a></i> released in late 1965.
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<p>In 1965, Shepp released <i><a href="Fire_Music_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Fire Music (Archie Shepp album)">Fire Music</a></i>, which included the first signs of his developing political consciousness and his increasingly Afrocentric orientation. The album took its title from a ceremonial African music tradition and included a reading of an elegy for <a href="Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AM_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shepp's 1967 <i><a href="The_Magic_of_Ju-Ju" title="The Magic of Ju-Ju">The Magic of Ju-Ju</a></i> also took its name from African musical traditions, and the music was strongly rooted in African music, featuring an African percussion ensemble. At this time, many <a href="African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> jazzmen were increasingly influenced by various continental African cultural and musical traditions; along with <a href="Pharoah_Sanders" title="Pharoah Sanders">Pharoah Sanders</a>, Shepp was at the forefront of this movement. <i>The Magic of Ju-Ju</i> defined Shepp's sound for the next few years: <a href="Freeform_jazz" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeform jazz">freeform</a> avant-garde saxophone lines coupled with rhythms and cultural concepts from Africa.
</p><p>Shepp was invited to perform in <a href="Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a> for the 1969 Pan-African Cultural Festival<sup id="cite_ref-All_About_Jazz_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_About_Jazz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="Organization_of_African_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of African Unity">Organization of African Unity</a>, along with <a href="Dave_Burrell" title="Dave Burrell">Dave Burrell</a>, <a href="Sunny_Murray" title="Sunny Murray">Sunny Murray</a>, and <a href="Clifford_Thornton" title="Clifford Thornton">Clifford Thornton</a>. This ensemble then recorded several sessions in Paris at the <a href="BYG_Actuel" class="mw-redirect" title="BYG Actuel">BYG Actuel</a> studios.
</p><p>Shepp continued to experiment into the new decade, at various times including harmonica players and spoken word poets in his ensembles. With 1972's <i><a href="Attica_Blues_(album)" title="Attica Blues (album)">Attica Blues</a></i> and <i><a href="The_Cry_of_My_People" title="The Cry of My People">The Cry of My People</a></i>, he spoke out for <a href="Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a>; the former album was a response to the <a href="Attica_Prison_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Attica Prison riots">Attica Prison riots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AM_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shepp also writes for theater; his works include <i>The Communist</i> (1965)<sup id="cite_ref-All_About_Jazz_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_About_Jazz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy</i> (1972).<sup id="cite_ref-Lady_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lady-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both were produced by <a href="Robert_Kalfin" title="Robert Kalfin">Robert Kalfin</a> at the <a href="Chelsea_Theater_Center" title="Chelsea Theater Center">Chelsea Theater Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYM_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYM-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In the late 1960s, Shepp began his teaching career as a professor of African-American Studies at <a href="State_University_of_New_York" title="State University of New York">SUNY</a> in <a href="Buffalo%2C_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, Shepp was recruited to the <a href="University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> by <a href="Randolph_Bromery" title="Randolph Bromery">Randolph Bromery</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-umassobit_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umassobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> beginning a 30-year career as a professor of music. Shepp's first two courses were entitled "Revolutionary Concepts in African-American Music" and "Black Musician in the Theater".<sup id="cite_ref-retired_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retired-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In the late 1970s and beyond, Shepp's career went between various old territories and various new ones. He continued to explore African music, while also recording <a href="Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, ballads, spirituals (on the 1977 album <i><a href="Goin'_Home_(Archie_Shepp_and_Horace_Parlan_album)" title="Goin' Home (Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan album)">Goin' Home</a></i> with <a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>) and tributes to more traditional jazz figures such as <a href="Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a> and <a href="Sidney_Bechet" title="Sidney Bechet">Sidney Bechet</a>, while at other times dabbling in <a href="Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a>, and recording with various European artists including <a href="Jasper_van't_Hof" class="mw-redirect" title="Jasper van't Hof">Jasper van't Hof</a>, Tchangodei and <a href="Dresch_Mih%C3%A1ly" class="mw-redirect" title="Dresch Mihály">Dresch Mihály</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3></div>
<p>Shepp is featured in the 1981 documentary film <i><a href="Imagine_the_Sound" title="Imagine the Sound">Imagine the Sound</a></i>, in which he discusses and performs his music and poetry. Shepp also appears in <i>Mystery, Mr. Ra</i>, a 1984 French documentary about <a href="Sun_Ra" title="Sun Ra">Sun Ra</a>. The film also includes footage of Shepp playing with Sun Ra's Arkestra.
</p><p>Since the early 1990s, he has often played with the French trumpeter <a href="Eric_Le_Lann" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Le Lann">Eric Le Lann</a>. In 1993, Shepp worked with <a href="Michel_Herr" title="Michel Herr">Michel Herr</a> to create the original score for the film <i><a href="Just_Friends_(1993_film)" title="Just Friends (1993 film)">Just Friends</a></i>.
</p><p>In 2002, Shepp appeared on the <a href="Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot Organization</a>'s tribute album to <a href="Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, <i><a href="Red_Hot_and_Riot" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hot and Riot">Red Hot and Riot</a></i>. Shepp appeared on a track entitled "<a href="No_Agreement" title="No Agreement">No Agreement</a>" alongside <a href="Res_(singer)" title="Res (singer)">Res</a>, <a href="Tony_Allen_(musician)" title="Tony Allen (musician)">Tony Allen</a>, <a href="Ray_Lema" title="Ray Lema">Ray Lema</a>, <a href="Baaba_Maal" title="Baaba Maal">Baaba Maal</a>, and <a href="Positive_Black_Soul" title="Positive Black Soul">Positive Black Soul</a>. In 2004, Archie Shepp founded his own record label, Archieball, together with Monette Berthomier. The label is located in Paris, France, and includes collaborations with <a href="Jacques_Coursil" title="Jacques Coursil">Jacques Coursil</a>, Monica Passos, <a href="Bernard_Lubat" title="Bernard Lubat">Bernard Lubat</a>, and <a href="Frank_Cassenti" title="Frank Cassenti">Frank Cassenti</a>.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000503279">Archie Shepp</a> at <a href="AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archieshepp.bandcamp.com/">Archie Shepp</a> on <a href="Bandcamp" title="Bandcamp">Bandcamp</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/10514">Archie Shepp</a> discography at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ceff60b-8183-49bf-a855-328d3c172106">Archie Shepp</a> discography at <a href="MusicBrainz" title="MusicBrainz">MusicBrainz</a> </li></ul>
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</style><div id="Archie_Shepp279" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,<br>unless stated otherwise.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Archie_Shepp_%E2%80%93_Bill_Dixon_Quartet" title="Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet">Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet</a></i> (1962)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_House_I_Live_In_(album)" title="The House I Live In (album)">The House I Live In</a></i> (and <a href="Lars_Gullin" title="Lars Gullin">Lars Gullin</a>, 1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="Four_for_Trane" title="Four for Trane">Four for Trane</a></i> (1964)</li>
<li><i><a href="Fire_Music_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Fire Music (Archie Shepp album)">Fire Music</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="On_This_Night" title="On This Night">On This Night</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="New_Thing_at_Newport" title="New Thing at Newport">New Thing at Newport</a></i> (split album with <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, 1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="Archie_Shepp_Live_in_San_Francisco" title="Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco">Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco</a></i> (1966)</li>
<li><i><a href="Mama_Too_Tight" title="Mama Too Tight">Mama Too Tight</a></i> (1966)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Magic_of_Ju-Ju" title="The Magic of Ju-Ju">The Magic of Ju-Ju</a></i> (1967)</li>
<li><i><a href="For_Losers" title="For Losers">For Losers</a></i> (1968–69)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kwanza_(album)" title="Kwanza (album)">Kwanza</a></i> (1968–69)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Way_Ahead_(album)" title="The Way Ahead (album)">The Way Ahead</a></i> (1968)</li>
<li><i><a href="Archie_Shepp_%26_Philly_Joe_Jones" title="Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones">Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Black_Gipsy" title="Black Gipsy">Black Gipsy</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Blas%C3%A9_(album)" title="Blasé (album)">Blasé</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Live_at_the_Pan-African_Festival" title="Live at the Pan-African Festival">Live at the Pan-African Festival</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Pitchin_Can" title="Pitchin Can">Pitchin Can</a></i> (1969–70)</li>
<li><i><a href="Poem_for_Malcolm" title="Poem for Malcolm">Poem for Malcolm</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Yasmina%2C_a_Black_Woman" title="Yasmina, a Black Woman">Yasmina, a Black Woman</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Archie_Shepp_and_the_Full_Moon_Ensemble" title="Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble">Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="Coral_Rock" title="Coral Rock">Coral Rock</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="Doodlin'_(album)" title="Doodlin' (album)">Doodlin'</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="Things_Have_Got_to_Change" title="Things Have Got to Change">Things Have Got to Change</a></i> (1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="Attica_Blues_(album)" title="Attica Blues (album)">Attica Blues</a></i> (1972)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Cry_of_My_People" title="The Cry of My People">The Cry of My People</a></i> (1972)</li>
<li><i><a href="A_Sea_of_Faces" title="A Sea of Faces">A Sea of Faces</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bijou_(album)" title="Bijou (album)">Bijou</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Body_and_Soul_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Body and Soul (Archie Shepp album)">Body and Soul</a></i> (<a href="Horo_Records" title="Horo Records">Horo</a>, 1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Jazz_a_Confronto_27" title="Jazz a Confronto 27">Jazz a Confronto 27</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Mariamar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariamar">Mariamar</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Montreux_One" title="Montreux One">Montreux One</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Montreux_Two" title="Montreux Two">Montreux Two</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="There's_a_Trumpet_in_My_Soul" title="There's a Trumpet in My Soul">There's a Trumpet in My Soul</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="Hi-Fly_(Karin_Krog_and_Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Hi-Fly (Karin Krog and Archie Shepp album)">Hi-Fly</a></i> (and <a href="Karin_Krog" title="Karin Krog">Karin Krog</a>, 1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="Steam_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Steam (Archie Shepp album)">Steam</a></i> (1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="Goin'_Home_(Archie_Shepp_and_Horace_Parlan_album)" title="Goin' Home (Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan album)">Goin' Home</a></i> (and <a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="On_Green_Dolphin_Street_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="On Green Dolphin Street (Archie Shepp album)">On Green Dolphin Street</a></i> (1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="Duet_(Archie_Shepp_and_Dollar_Brand_album)" title="Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album)">Duet</a></i> (and <a href="Abdullah_Ibrahim" title="Abdullah Ibrahim">Dollar Brand</a>, 1978)</li>
<li><i><a href="Lady_Bird_(album)" title="Lady Bird (album)">Lady Bird</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i><a href="Attica_Blues_Big_Band_Live_At_The_Palais_Des_Glaces" title="Attica Blues Big Band Live At The Palais Des Glaces">Attica Blues Big Band Live At The Palais Des Glaces</a></i> (1979)</li>
<li><i><a href="Looking_at_Bird" title="Looking at Bird">Looking at Bird</a></i> (and <a href="Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, 1980)</li>
<li><i><a href="Trouble_in_Mind_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Trouble in Mind (Archie Shepp album)">Trouble in Mind</a></i> (and Horace Parlan, 1980)</li>
<li><i><a href="Mama_Rose_(album)" title="Mama Rose (album)">Mama Rose</a></i> (and <a href="Jasper_van_'t_Hof" title="Jasper van 't Hof">Jasper van 't Hof</a>, 1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="Soul_Song_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Soul Song (Archie Shepp album)">Soul Song</a></i> (1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="Down_Home_New_York" title="Down Home New York">Down Home New York</a></i> (1984)</li>
<li><i><a href="California_Meeting%3A_Live_on_Broadway" title="California Meeting: Live on Broadway">California Meeting: Live on Broadway</a></i> (1985)</li>
<li><i><a href="Little_Red_Moon" title="Little Red Moon">Little Red Moon</a></i> (1985)</li>
<li><i><a href="Duo_Reunion" title="Duo Reunion">Duo Reunion</a></i> (and <a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>, 1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="Splashes" title="Splashes">Splashes</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="Lover_Man_(Archie_Shepp_album)" title="Lover Man (Archie Shepp album)">Lover Man</a></i> (and Annette Lowman, 1988)</li>
<li><i><a href="Body_and_Soul_(Archie_Shepp_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Body and Soul (Archie Shepp and Richard Davis album)">Body and Soul</a></i> (and <a href="Richard_Davis_(bassist)" title="Richard Davis (bassist)">Richard Davis</a>, <a href="Enja_Records" title="Enja Records">Enja</a>, 1989)</li>
<li><i><a href="Blue_Ballads" title="Blue Ballads">Blue Ballads</a></i> (1995)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="New_York_Contemporary_Five" title="New York Contemporary Five">New York<br>Contemporary<br>Five</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Archie_Shepp_%26_the_New_York_Contemporary_Five" title="Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five">Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five</a></i> (1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="Consequences_(New_York_Contemporary_Five_album)" title="Consequences (New York Contemporary Five album)">Consequences</a></i> (1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="Rufus_(jazz_album)" title="Rufus (jazz album)">Rufus</a></i> (1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bill_Dixon_7-tette/Archie_Shepp_and_the_New_York_Contemporary_5" title="Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5">Bill Dixon 7-tette / Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5</a></i> (1964)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br><a href="Cecil_Taylor" title="Cecil Taylor">Cecil<br>Taylor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Air_(Cecil_Taylor_album)" title="Air (Cecil Taylor album)">Air</a></i> (1960)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_World_of_Cecil_Taylor" title="The World of Cecil Taylor">The World of Cecil Taylor</a></i> (1960)</li>
<li><i><a href="Cell_Walk_for_Celeste" title="Cell Walk for Celeste">Cell Walk for Celeste</a></i> (1961)</li>
<li><i><a href="New_York_City_R%26B" title="New York City R&B">New York City R&B</a></i> (originally <a href="Buell_Neidlinger" title="Buell Neidlinger">Buell Neidlinger</a>, 1961)</li>
<li><i><a href="Jumpin'_Punkins" title="Jumpin' Punkins">Jumpin' Punkins</a></i> (1961)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br>others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="A_Love_Supreme" title="A Love Supreme">A Love Supreme</a></i> (<a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, 1964)</li>
<li><i><a href="Ascension_(John_Coltrane_album)" title="Ascension (John Coltrane album)">Ascension</a></i>/<i><a href="The_Major_Works_of_John_Coltrane" title="The Major Works of John Coltrane">The Major Works of John Coltrane</a></i> (John Coltrane, 1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="Echo_(Dave_Burrell_album)" title="Echo (Dave Burrell album)">Echo</a></i> (<a href="Dave_Burrell" title="Dave Burrell">Dave Burrell</a>, 1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="One_Down" title="One Down">One Down</a></i> (<a href="Material_(band)" title="Material (band)">Material</a>, 1982)</li>
<li><i><a href="You_Can't_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore%2C_Vol._4" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4</a></i> (<a href="Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, 1982–84)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="Archie_Shepp_discography" title="Archie Shepp discography">Discography</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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