The Story
DownBeat called the album "pre-eminent, a super recording" and gave it 4 stars.
Born in 1937 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and raised in Philadelphia, Archie Shepp studied drama before turning to music professionally. In the sixties he worked with Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Don Cherry and other avantgarde leaders and soon became one of the most important figures in the black New Thing movement. From the seventies to the early 2000s he was a professor in the African-American Studies department at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he taught both music and music history. The live album 'Steam' is among the best and liveliest documents of his career showing his saxophonistic power and improvisational authority.
'My sound has never been recorded better,' says the artist. British Hifi News & Record Review reads: 'A glorious unrolling of bluesy confessions and romantic sighs.' American Down Beat called the album 'pre-eminent, a super recording' and gave it 4 stars.
Additional Details
Label: Enja Records
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 50 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/14/09
UPC: 063757211426
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DownBeat called the album "pre-eminent, a super recording" and gave it 4 stars.
Born in 1937 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and raised in Philadelphia, Archie Shepp studied drama before turning to music professionally. In the sixties he worked with Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Don Cherry and other avantgarde leaders and soon became one of the most important figures in the black New Thing movement. From the seventies to the early 2000s he was a professor in the African-American Studies department at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he taught both music and music history. The live album 'Steam' is among the best and liveliest documents of his career showing his saxophonistic power and improvisational authority.
'My sound has never been recorded better,' says the artist. British Hifi News & Record Review reads: 'A glorious unrolling of bluesy confessions and romantic sighs.' American Down Beat called the album 'pre-eminent, a super recording' and gave it 4 stars.
Additional Details
Label: Enja Records
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 50 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/14/09
UPC: 063757211426
