Blas茅

by Archie Shepp

Blas茅 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: BYG Actuel
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:00
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Philly Joe Jones, Jeanne Lee, Dave Burrell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A haunting and unconventional ballad, this album is a prime example of Archie Shepp's deep connection to the blues, filtered through the lens of the avant-garde. The session is defined by the unique, evocative vocal delivery of Jeanne Lee and Shepp's own raw, emotional tenor saxophone playing.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, soulful, bluesy, spoken-word, protest

Tracklist

  1. My Angel (10:10)
  2. Blas茅 (10:20)
  3. There Is a Balm in Gilead (5:59)
  4. Touareg (9:12)

Credits

  • Archie Shepp - primary artist, arranged by, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Malachi Favors - bass
  • "Philly" Joe Jones - drums
  • Claude Jauvert - engineer
  • Claude Delcloo - executive-producer
  • Chicago Beau - harmonica
  • Julio Finn - harmonica
  • Jacques Bisceglia - photography by, coordinator [coordination]
  • Dave Burrell - piano
  • Jean Georgakarakos - producer
  • Jean-Luc Young - producer
  • Lester Bowie - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jeanne Lee - voice
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by

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