Bass – Malachi Favors
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones
Piano – Dave Burrel
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded August 12, 1969 in Paris.

Alto Saxophone, Alto Clarinet – Talib Kibwe
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Franck Williams
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – Archie Shepp
Bassoon, Alto Saxophone – Robert Juritz
Contrabass – Ernest Mothle
Drums – Gilbert Matthews
Executive-Producer – Michel Pagiras
Flute [Baritone], Soprano Saxophone – Julian Arguelles
Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Anne-Marie Terrazzoni, François Terrazzoni
Mixed By – Clément Ziegler
Percussion – Tony Maronie
Photography By – Philippe Cibille
Piano – Chris McGregor
Recorded By – Eric Sez
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Jeff Gordon
Trombone – Annie Whitehead, Fayyaz Virji
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Claude Deppa, Dave Defries, Harry Beckett
Vocals – Sonti Mndébélé
Live concert recorded on March 18th, 1989 by Eric Sez (Studio 93) at "Espace John Lennon" at La Courneuve, France, during the Banlieues Bleues festival.

Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots.

Archie Shepp is back with a new album on his own Archie Ball label, a duo recording with German pianist Joachim Kühn. Both musicians can trace their careers back at least as far as the late sixties; at that time Shepp recorded a succession of fiery albums for the Impulse label, a lesser known Impulse release was the Kuhn brothers Impressions of New York (with Jimmy Garrison and Aldo Romano).
Joachim Kühn remembers seeing Shepp play at the Village Vanguard in 1967, shortly after the death of John Coltrane. The pair were brought together to play at a French festival in 2009, and they decided to record. Their virtuoso musical conversation mixes free improvisation, original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards.

by Scott Yanow
This double-LP is a follow-up to Archie Shepp's Fire Music album but, since it was recorded one to six months later and uses different instrumentation, it actually has little in common, except for the quality. The avant-garde tenor performs three very different versions of "The Chased" and two other songs in a trio with bassist David Izenzon and drummer J.C. Moses, and there is an alternate take of "The Mac Man" with a quintet in August 1965. In addition, there are five selections (including a fiery recitation on "Scag") taken from the album New Thing at Newport, Shepp's appearance at the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival in a quartet with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Joe Chambers. Since much of this material has yet to be reissued on CD, free jazz collectors may want to search for this two-fer, which was issued as Vol. XVII of the Dedication Series in 1978.

2009 archive release containing the complete long-unavailable session by the Archie Shepp Quintet recorded in Rome on September 28, 1975 for the legendary Italian Horo label. Three tracks. Atomic.

Japanese 24 Bit/96KHz remastered reissue of 1965 album originally issued on Impulse!, packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve. 2001.

Contrabass – Richard Davis
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded September 1, 1983, Club Cantare, Boston.

Personnel:
Archie Shepp (Tenor Saxophone)
Jeanne Lee (Vocals) - 1-4
Chicago Beauchamps (Harmonica) - 1
Julio Finn (Harmonica) - 1
Dave Burrell (Piano) - 1-4
Malachi Favors (Double Bass)
Philly Joe Jones (Drums) - 1,2,4,5
Lester Bowie (Trumpet and Flugelhorn) - 3

The album is our first "Jazz" project. It is called "Ocean Bridges" and is a full length collaboration with the legendary Archie Shepp. Raw Poetic is the sole vocalist over improv recording sessions of live musicians that he produced via having access to the masters and co-director of the recording date. It is very much an organic collaboration where we had contributors of different and overlapping musical sensibilities in one space. The results were documented live in the recordings. Damu the Fudgemunk says "It is an honor to work with Mr. Archie Shepp. We will cherish the memories for the rest of lives. I hope that these mixes translates the energy that took place in the studio to listeners of these works. The album has a "one of a kind" feel to it in my opinion. Hip Hop and Jazz have crossed paths for decades, but this album was created without any labels or direction therefore the finished product sounds like a very natural and unforced conversation of numerous ideas that transcend a genre. But, I'd say it's in the vein of Miles Davis' "electric period" meets Fela Kuti with a few "straight ahead jazz" concepts if I had to think of something similar".
credits
released May 22, 2020
All songs written & performed by:
Archie Shepp: Tenor and Soprano Sax, Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Raw Poetic (Jason Moore): Vocals/Raps/Lyrics
Earl "Damu the Fudgemunk" Davis: Drums, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals, Turntable Scratching, Mixing/ Production
Pat Fritz: Guitar
Aaron Gause: Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Luke Stewart: Acoustic and Electric bass
Jamal Moore: Tenor sax, Percussion
Bashi Rose: Drums, Percussion
Except: track 12 written by Pat Fritz and Jason Moore and tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 written by Archie Shepp
All Tracks Produced and Arranged by Raw Poetic
Executive Album Production, Sequencing and Mastering by Damu the Fudgemunk
Recorded by Sean Russel (Recording Engineer at Blue Room Music Studios Herndon, VA), Earl Davis (NW, DC) and Jason Moore (Arlington, VA)
Mixed by Earl Davis and Jason Moore
Art & Design by Joe Buck
Thanks to: DJ Jahsonic, Kokayi, Eaton Hotel, Derrick, Justin, Pat, Mama Moore, Jnota, Mr. & Mrs. Shepp, Omrao, All guest musicians, Our families and Friends, Conrad at Blue Room Music Studio

Composed By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1-4), John Coltrane (tracks: 2-2), Max Roach (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4 )
Drums – Max Roach
Liner Notes – Art Lange
Photography By – Daniel Schwartz (5)
Producer – Werner X. Uehlinger
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Peter Pfister
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp