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The Way Ahead (album)

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Released
  
1968 (1968)

Length
  
60:17

Artist
  
Archie Shepp

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Recorded
  
January 29, 1968

The Way Ahead (1968)
  
For Losers (1971)

Release date
  
1968

Genre
  
Jazz

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Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

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The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1968. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Jimmy Owens, Grachan Moncur III, Walter Davis Jr., Ron Carter, Roy Haynes and Beaver Harris in January 1968 with two additional tracks featuring Charles Davis, Dave Burrell and Walter Booker recorded in February 1969, and first released on Kwanza (1974), added to the CD release.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "The set is a glorious stretch of the old and new, with deep blues, gospel, and plenty of guttersnipe swing in the mix".

Track listing

  1. "Damn If I Know (The Stroller)" (Walter Davis Jr.) - 6:16
  2. "Frankenstein" (Grachan Moncur III) - 13:50
  3. "Fiesta" (Archie Shepp) - 9:54
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 7:08
  5. "New Africa" (Moncur) - 12:55 Bonus track on CD
  6. "Bakai" (Cal Massey) - 10:14 Bonus track on CD
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 29, 1968

    • Personnel

  • Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Owens: trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III: trombone
  • Walter Davis Jr.: piano (tracks 1-4)
  • Ron Carter: bass (tracks 1-4)
  • Roy Haynes: drums (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Beaver Harris: drums (tracks 1 & 2; 5 & 6)
  • Charles Davis: baritone saxophone (track 5 & 6)
  • Dave Burrell: piano (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Walter Booker: bass (tracks 5 & 6)

    • Songs

    1Damn If I Know (The Stroller)6:21
    2Frankenstein13:55
    3Fiesta9:59

    References

    The Way Ahead (album) Wikipedia
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