Shepp, Archie / Attica Blues Orchestra / I Hear The Sound
| Album: | I Hear The Sound | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shepp, Archie / Attica Blues Orchestra | Added: | Jan 2014 | |
| Label: | Archieball | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-01-31 | Pull Date: | 2014-04-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 6 | Mar 30 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 29, 2023: | Music Casserole
Attica Blues |
4. | Jul 01, 2015: | 7-1-2015
Blues For Brother G. Jackson |
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| 2. | Jan 19, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
The Cry Of My People |
5. | Mar 20, 2015: | Rebop
Attica Blues |
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| 3. | Dec 09, 2015: | Moonlight Impressions
Attica Blues |
6. | Feb 19, 2015: | Jump, Jive, & Jazz
Quiet Dawn |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-01-30
Reviewed 2014-01-30
ARCHIE SHEPP ATTICA BLUES ORCHESTRA: I Hear the Sound
ArchieBall, 2013
BIG BAND – In 1972, sax firebrand Archie Shepp recorded Attica Blues, a genre-smashing blend of modern jazz, poetry and heavy funk inspired by the infamous Attica Prison riot and massacre. Revisiting the album 40 years on for a series of concerts in France, an older, bluesier Shepp digs down to the roots of the material with a 26-piece orchestra. There are some rough edges but the band sounds great. All FCC clean.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 8:03 – old-school funky jam: fem chorus/gruff lead vox; horns stalk & growl
2. 7:31 – half-sung, half-spoken vocal in a sad ballad surge with strings
3. 6:56 – catchy soul stroll, fem chorus, sax testifies, everyone gets a piece
4. 6:36 – Ellington spiritual, slow with a creaky dignity, excellent duet vocal
5. 6:53 – damn… deep intro, then blues stroll with hot trumpet & sax breaks
6. 9:12 – big orchestral sound: dreamy vocal rises up; saxes get twisty
7. 5:48 – slow and careful; elastic fem vocal, melancholy sax
8. 5:42 – bright waltz, elaborate arrangement, duet vocal, soprano sax
9. 8:16 – instrumental: perky orchestra dances with soprano sax, nice piano
10. 5:04 – duet vocals over gentle, dreamy strings/guitar, gets bluesy
11. 7:03 – funky strut, rockin’ sax & trombone, blues vocals in 2nd half
[ Fo ] - 30 January 2014
ArchieBall, 2013
BIG BAND – In 1972, sax firebrand Archie Shepp recorded Attica Blues, a genre-smashing blend of modern jazz, poetry and heavy funk inspired by the infamous Attica Prison riot and massacre. Revisiting the album 40 years on for a series of concerts in France, an older, bluesier Shepp digs down to the roots of the material with a 26-piece orchestra. There are some rough edges but the band sounds great. All FCC clean.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 8:03 – old-school funky jam: fem chorus/gruff lead vox; horns stalk & growl
2. 7:31 – half-sung, half-spoken vocal in a sad ballad surge with strings
3. 6:56 – catchy soul stroll, fem chorus, sax testifies, everyone gets a piece
4. 6:36 – Ellington spiritual, slow with a creaky dignity, excellent duet vocal
5. 6:53 – damn… deep intro, then blues stroll with hot trumpet & sax breaks
6. 9:12 – big orchestral sound: dreamy vocal rises up; saxes get twisty
7. 5:48 – slow and careful; elastic fem vocal, melancholy sax
8. 5:42 – bright waltz, elaborate arrangement, duet vocal, soprano sax
9. 8:16 – instrumental: perky orchestra dances with soprano sax, nice piano
10. 5:04 – duet vocals over gentle, dreamy strings/guitar, gets bluesy
11. 7:03 – funky strut, rockin’ sax & trombone, blues vocals in 2nd half
[ Fo ] - 30 January 2014
Track Listing
| 1. | Attica Blues | 7. | Déjà Vu | |||
| 2. | Arms | 8. | Steam | |||
| 3. | Blues For Brother G. Jackson | 9. | Goodbye Sweet Pops | |||
| 4. | Come Sunday | 10. | Ballad For A Child | |||
| 5. | The Cry Of My People | 11. | Mama Too Tight | |||
| 6. | Quiet Dawn | . |