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Released
  
July 1970

For Losers (1970)
  
Kwanza (1974)

Release date
  
July 1970

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Length
  
37:34

Artist
  
Archie Shepp

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 9, 1968; February 17 and August 26, 1969 RCA Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

For Losers is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! in 1970. The album contains tracks recorded from September 1968 to August 1969 by Shepp with three different ensembles. The Allmusic review by Rob Ferrier states "for anyone wishing to understand the music and career of this brilliant musician, this is an undervalued piece of the puzzle".

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

  1. "Stick 'Em Up" - 2:04
  2. "Abstract" - 4:21
  3. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:15
  4. "What Would It Be Without You" (Cal Massey) - 4:05
  5. "Un Croque Monsieur" - 21:49

Recorded September 9, 1968 (track 1), February 17, 1969 (track 2) and August 26, 1969 (tracks 3-5).

Personnel

Track 1

  • Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Leon Thomas - lead vocals
  • Martin Banks - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Robin Kenyatta - alto saxophone, flute
  • Andrew Bey - piano
  • Bert Payne - guitar
  • Albert Winston - electric bass, bass
  • Tasha Thomas, Doris Troy - backing vocals
  • Beaver Harris - drums

    • Track 2

  • Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Owens - trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III - trombone
  • James Spaulding- alto saxophone
  • Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
  • Dave Burrell - organ
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Bob Bushnell - electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie - drums

    • Tracks 3-5

  • Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone
  • Woody Shaw - trumpet
  • Matthew Gee - trombone
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Wilbur Ware - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Clarence Sharpe - alto saxophone (3 and 5)
  • China-Lin Sharpe - vocals (3 and 5)
  • Beaver Harris - drums (3 and 5)
  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone, flute (4-5)

    • Songs

    1Stick 'em Up2:04
    2Abstract4:21
    3I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)5:15

    References

    For Losers Wikipedia
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