Archie Shepp - The Tradition

Archie Shepp 
The Tradition
Alternative Fox 034 - LP re-issue 

Avant-garde giant Archie Shepp made an indelible contribution to experimental jazz. Double LP "The Tradition" was recorded in Rome in 1977 for Horo Records with drummer Clifford Jarvis and Bassist Cameron Brown: the raucous "Hooray for Mal" has shades of bebop, while Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" is largely tackled by Shepp on upright piano (with gorgeous soloing by Brown); Things Have Got to Change hearkens to Shepps Experience of the Pan-African Cultural Festival of Algiers of 1969 and Ellington'"I Didn't Know About You" is relaxed as a soft tenor ballad with rough edges. 

     includes; 
Hooray For Mal (all of side 1) 
Sophisticated Lady (all of side 2) 
Things Have Got to Change (all of side 3)
I Didn't Know About You (all of side 4) 

NEW SEALED LP re-issue 
**note** not a gatefold