Archie Shepp / Bill Dixon Quartet

by Archie Shepp & Bill Dixon

Archie Shepp / Bill Dixon Quartet cover art

An essential early document of the free jazz revolution, this split session captures the fiery emergence of Archie Shepp's impassioned tenor against Bill Dixon's abstract trumpet lines. It operates in an incredibly raw, acoustic space where hard bop firmly fractures into avant-garde improvisation.

Genres

  • Free Jazz
  • Avant-Garde Jazz

Tracklist

  1. Trio
  2. Peace
  3. Quartet
  4. Somewhere