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Released
  
1965 (1965)

Artist
  
Archie Shepp

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Length
  
59:43

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 9 & August 12, 1965

On This Night (1965)
  
New Thing at Newport 1965

Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

On This Night is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, David Izenzon and J.C. Moses in March 1965 and with a larger band in August of that year.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Al Campbell states that "Among the highlights are a passionate reading of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and the title piece, a moving tribute to W. E. B. Du Bois, featuring the haunting soprano vocalist Christine Spencer employing a distinct 20th century classical influence, with Shepp on piano. The CD version of On This Night includes an alternate take of "The Mac Man," three of "The Chased," and a reading of his poem "Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm." Shepp is the solo horn on these dates, playing at peak form".

Track listing

  1. "On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come)" - 10:00
  2. "The Mac Man" - 7:27
  3. "The Mac Man" [alternate take] - 9:27 Bonus track on CD
  4. "The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson" - 5:58
  5. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 3:18
  6. "Chased" [alternate take] - 11:45 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Chased" [alternate take 2] - 6:13 Bonus track on CD
  8. "Chased" [take 3] - 5:14
  9. "Pickaninny (Picked Clean-No More-Or Can You Back Back Doodleboug)" - 7:22
  10. "Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm" - 4:50 Bonus track on CD
All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 9, 1965 (tracks 6-10) and August 12, 1965 (tracks 1-5)

    • Personnel

  • Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone, piano, recitation
  • Bobby Hutcherson - vibes (tracks 1-5)
  • Joe Chambers - drums, timpani (tracks 1 & 5)
  • Ed Blackwell - rhythm logs (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
  • Henry Grimes - bass (tracks 1-5)
  • Rashied Ali - drums (tracks 1-3)
  • David Izenzon: bass (tracks 6-10)
  • J.C. Moses: drums (tracks 4 & 6-10
  • Christine Spencer: vocals (track 1)

    • Songs

    1The Mac Man7:30
    2In a Sentimental Mood3:19
    3Gingerbread - Gingerbread Boy10:15

    References

    On This Night Wikipedia
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