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

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.

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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

"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
"Mama Too Tight" - 5:25
"Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) - 3:21
"Basheer" - 10:38

All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 19, 1966