Puneet Varma (Editor)

Steam (Archie Shepp album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1976

Steam (1976)
  
Hi-Fly (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
May 14, 1976

Artist
  
Archie Shepp

Label
  
Enja Records

Steam (Archie Shepp album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen556Ste

Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

Archie shepp steam


Steam is a live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976 and released on the Enja label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas".

Track listing

  1. "A Message from Trane" (Cal Massey) - 18:58
  2. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 11:40
  3. "Invitation" (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 14:29 Bonus track on CD
  4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD
  5. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) - 9:23
  6. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) - 0:57
  • Recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976

    • Personnel

  • Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone, piano
  • Cameron Brown: bass
  • Beaver Harris: drums

    • Songs

    1A Message From Trane18:58
    2Solitude11:47
    3Invitaion14:29

    References

    Steam (Archie Shepp album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA