Archie Shepp
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, clarinetandalto saxophonebefore focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionatelyafrocentricmusic of the late sixties whichfocused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his60’s work withthe New York Contemporary Five with co-founder Don ...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, clarinetandalto saxophonebefore focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone). He is best known for his passionatelyafrocentricmusic of the late sixties whichfocused on highlighting the injustices faced by people of African descent. He is also known for his60’s work withthe New York Contemporary Five with co-founder Don Cherry and Shepp’s collaborations with his “New Thing” contemporaries,most notablyCecil Taylor and John Coltrane, but also Roswell Rudd andBobby Hutcherson.Considered a jazz great, saxophonist Artie Shepp recorded albums like Poem for Malcolm and Live In Antibes for labels like Verve andImpulse.He was active inacademia at SUNY Buffalo as a professor of African American Studies and the University of Massachusetts Amherstas aprofessor of music. He played withother notable musical radicals including Frank Zappa and provided the musical score to the movieGottaDance and is featured on the 1984 Wilebski’s BluesSaloon Festival DVD. « hide |
