Release Date: 07 July 2023
Label: Enja / Pure Pleasure Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060149623664
Genres: Jazz
Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue of saxophonist Archie Shepp's 1989 duo recording with bassist Richard Davis on Enja, which is appearing on vinyl for the first time, with re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering.
Demonstrates the deep blues feeling and technical mastery Archie Shepp has on the tenor saxophone. Comprised of four standards - "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," "Body and Soul," "Pannonica," and "'Round Midnight" - this set is one of Shepp's most enjoyable ever. The reasons are myriad, but it is in large part due to the fluid, loping bass of Richard Davis. Recorded in a club in front of a live audience, Shepp digs deep into his own history of influential tenor players and comes out not wanting, but on par with them, from Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis to Sonny Rollins to John Coltrane. His playing here is big, meaty, and warm, full of subtle emotions as well as bleating cries. Davis' sense of time and melody is nearly incredible on the title track and on "'Round Midnight." The interplay Shepp shares with him is tasty, coming from fragmentary elements in Monk's changes; Shepp and Davis move around the lyric and cut to the heart of the tune's colour and ambiguity...a major addition to the saxophonist's catalog." - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
Richard Davis: bass
Recorded October 1st, 1989, Club Cantare, Boston.
Tracklisting
Nina Simone
Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron
George Coleman
Lyman Woodard Organization
Lonnie Liston Smith
Nat King Cole
David Murray
John Stubblefield
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap
Lea Maria Fries
Danny Widdicombe & Trichotomy
Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual Beings
Kris Davis Trio
Pieces Of A Dream
Lifeline
Shifa
