Saturday 18 April 2009

Archie Shepp Quartet - Deja Vu (2003)

01.What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
02.Petite Fleur
03.Les Feuilles Mortes
04.L' Ame des Poetes
05.Gigi
06.April in Paris
07.Sous le Ciel de Paris
08.Deja Vu.

Archie Shepp - Sax (Tenor)
Billy Drummond - Drums
Harold Mabern - Piano
George Mraz - Bass.

Of all the Japanese Shepp recordings, this is the best. His ballad playing is outstanding on this date -- DeJa Vu being a standout. In his later years, he's become a Ben Webster meets Trane outside a blue bar on CHicago's South Side after having smoked a joint with Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Roswell Rudd. Well woth the high price tag. He's the last of the line!

4 comments:

  1. Deja VuArtist...............: Archie Shepp
    Album................: Deja Vu (Venus)
    Genre................: Jazz
    Source...............: CD
    Year.................: 2001
    Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
    Codec................: LAME 3.98
    Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
    Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 238kbps)
    Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
    Playing Time.........: 00:51:32
    Total Size...........: 88.41 MB.

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  2. 85 downloads - 0 comments ..!!.. mmmm ... a good reason to continue with this work ...!!
    (thanks for the support)

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  3. Been diggin Shepp lately. thanks for this selection. Great blog!!

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  4. I gess the link is not available any more.

    Is it possible to repost?

    Tank you very much,!!!

    VC

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