Little Red Moon
1986 studio album by Archie Shepp
Little Red Moon | ||||
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Studio album by Archie Shepp | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | December 11, 12 & 13, 1985 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 44:57 | |||
Label | Soul Note | |||
Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
Archie Shepp chronology | ||||
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Little Red Moon is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars, stating: "By 1985 Archie Shepp's tone on tenor had declined quite a bit from just a few years earlier.... Despite some good moments from the supporting cast, this is one to skip".[2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
- "Little Red Moon" - 17:59
- "Impromptu" - 4:00
- "Naima" (John Coltrane) - 7:51
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 9:08
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 6:59
- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on December 11, 12 & 13, 1985
Personnel
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, voice
- Enrico Rava - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Siegfried Kessler – piano, synthesizer
- Wilbur Little – bass
- Clifford Jarvis – drums
References
- ^ Archie Shepp discography, accessed July 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1291. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.
unless stated otherwise.
- Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
- The House I Live In (and Lars Gullin, 1963)
- Four for Trane (1964)
- Fire Music (1965)
- On This Night (1965)
- New Thing at Newport (split album with John Coltrane, 1965)
- Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
- Mama Too Tight (1966)
- The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
- For Losers (1968–69)
- Kwanza (1968–69)
- The Way Ahead (1968)
- Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
- Black Gipsy (1969)
- Blasé (1969)
- Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
- Pitchin Can (1969–70)
- Poem for Malcolm (1969)
- Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
- Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
- Coral Rock (1970)
- Doodlin' (1970)
- Things Have Got to Change (1971)
- Attica Blues (1972)
- The Cry of My People (1972)
- A Sea of Faces (1975)
- Bijou (1975)
- Body and Soul (Horo, 1975)
- Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
- Mariamar (1975)
- Montreux One (1975)
- Montreux Two (1975)
- There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
- Hi-Fly (and Karin Krog, 1976)
- Steam (1976)
- Goin' Home (and Horace Parlan, 1977)
- On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
- Duet (and Dollar Brand, 1978)
- Lady Bird (1978)
- Looking at Bird (and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1980)
- Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
- Mama Rose (and Jasper van 't Hof, 1982)
- Soul Song (1982)
- Down Home New York (1984)
- California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
- Little Red Moon (1985)
- Duo Reunion (and Horace Parlan, 1987)
- Splashes (1987)
- Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
- Body and Soul (and Richard Davis, Enja, 1989)
- Blue Ballads (1995)
Contemporary
Five
- Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963)
- Consequences (1963)
- Rufus (1963)
- Bill Dixon 7-tette/
Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (1964)
Cecil
Taylor
- Air (1960)
- The World of Cecil Taylor (1960)
- Cell Walk for Celeste (1961)
- New York City R&B (originally Buell Neidlinger, 1961)
- Jumpin' Punkins (1961)
others
- A Love Supreme (John Coltrane, 1964)
- Ascension/The Major Works of John Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Echo (Dave Burrell, 1969)
- One Down (Material, 1982)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (Frank Zappa, 1982–84)