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Archie Shepp - Four for Trane

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Number of Discs
1

Release Date
12/05/2023

Artist
Archie Shepp

format
Vinyl / 12" Album

Label / Studio
Elemental Music

Description

'Four for Trane', released in 1964 on Impulse! Records, was saxophonist Archie Shepp's first major studio statement and remains one of his most influential albums. Co-produced by John Coltrane and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio, the set presents Shepp performing four Coltrane compositions - 'Naima', 'Mr. Syms', 'Syeeda's Song Flute', and 'Cousin Mary' - alongside Shepp's own 'Rufus'. Rather than offering faithful renditions, Shepp and arranger Roswell Rudd reimagine Coltrane's material with bold ensemble voicings, fluctuating time signatures, and unfettered improvisation. The result is an album that honours Coltrane's vision while reframing it through the lens of the emerging avant-garde. The quintet - Shepp on tenor saxophone, Rudd on trombone, Alan Shorter on flugelhorn, Reggie Workman on bass, and Charles Moffett on drums - bridges the intensity of free jazz with the formal rigor of post-bop. Released at a pivotal moment in Shepp's artistic development, 'Four for Trane' signalled his arrival as a vital and progressive voice within the new wave of 1960s jazz.

1) Syeeda's Song Flute (8.30)
2) Mr. Syms (7.42)
3) Cousin Mary (7.14)
4) Naima (7.09)
5) Rufus (Swung His Face at Last to the Wind, Then His Neck Snapped) (6.24)

Album
Four for Trane

Publisher
Lasgo Worldwide Media

Main Format
Vinyl

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Four for Trane | Archie Shepp

Catalogue Number
700190

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