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Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, poet, and playwright long known for the outspoken political tones in his work.
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24th, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone
before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionately afrocentric music of the late sixties which
focused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his 60’s work with the New York Contemporar ...read more
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, poet, and playwright long known for the outspoken political tones in his work.
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24th, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone
before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionately afrocentric music of the late sixties which
focused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his 60’s work with the New York Contemporary Five with co.
founder Don Cherry and Shepp’s collaborations with his “New Thing” contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, but also Roswell Rudd and
Bobby Hutcherson.
Considered a jazz great, saxophonist Artie Shepp recorded albums like Poem for Malcolm and Live In Antibes for labels like Verve and Impulse. He was active in
academia at SUNY Buffalo as a professor of African American Studies and the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a professor of music. He played with
other notable musical radicals including Frank Zappa and provided the musical score to the movie Gotta Dance and is featured on the 1984 Wilebski’s Blues
Saloon Festival DVD.
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