Released 1967 Three for Shepp(1966) Juba Lee(1967) Release date 1967 Label Impulse! Records | Length 34:43 | |
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Recorded December 1, 1966Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Marion Brown albums, Jazz albums | ||
Three for Shepp is the debut album by American saxophonist Marion Brown featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Marion Brown's Three for Shepp is the image-in-the-mirror companion to Archie Shepp's Four for Trane recorded the year before. The program is equally divided between Brown's originals, which occupy the first half of the album, and Shepp tunes that take up the latter half. What is immediately striking is how similar in tone, color, and texture the two men were when it came to composition. Brown arms himself here with crack bands for these recordings... This is a classic Impulse! recording of the period by an overlooked master".
Track listing
All compositions by Marion Brown except as indicated- "New Blue" - 5:11
- "Fortunato" - 8:54
- "The Shadow Knows" - 3:04
- "Spooks" (Archie Shepp) - 4:32
- "West India" (Shepp) - 6:24
- "Delicado" (Shepp) - 6:38
Personnel
Songs
1New Blue5:07
2Fortunato8:50
3The Shadow Knows3:00