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Mama Too Tight

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Released
  
1966 (1966)

Length
  
37:43

Release date
  
1966

Recorded
  
August 19, 1966

Artist
  
Archie Shepp

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Mama Too Tight (1966)
  
The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)

Genres
  
Jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Hard bop

Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

Mama Too Tight is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1966. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Tommy Turrentine, Grachan Moncur III, Roswell Rudd, Howard Johnson, Perry Robinson, Charlie Haden and Beaver Harris in August 1966.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "Shepp had hit his stride here compositionally... lots of free blowing, angry bursts of energy, and shouts of pure revelry are balanced with Ellingtonian elegance and restraint that was considerable enough to let the lyric line float through and encourage more improvisation. This is Shepp at his level best".

Track listing

  1. "A Portrait Of Robert Thompson: A. Prelude to a Kiss / B. The Break Strain-King Cotton / C. Dem Basses" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills/Public Domain/Archie Shepp) - 18:57
  2. "Mama Too Tight" - 5:25
  3. "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) - 3:21
  4. "Basheer" - 10:38
All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 19, 1966

    • Personnel

  • Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine: trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III: trombone
  • Roswell Rudd: trombone
  • Howard Johnson: tuba
  • Perry Robinson: clarinet
  • Charlie Haden: bass
  • Beaver Harris: drums

    • Songs

    1A Portrait of Robert Thompson (As a Young Man)18:58
    2Mama Too Tight5:26
    3Theme for Ernie3:22

    References

    Mama Too Tight Wikipedia
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