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    Archie Shepp Mama Too Tight

      • 1. A Portrait of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
      • 2. Mama Too Tight
      • 3. Theme for Ernie
      • 4. Basheer

      Recorded in the middle of Shepp's Impulse period, in 1966, with passion and fire from Roswell Rudd, Grachan Moncur and Howard Johnson in the brass section and the superb Charlie Haden on bass.

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      Archie SheppBlaseActuel
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        Archie SheppOn Green Dolphin StreetDenon
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          Archie SheppFour For Trane (1964)Impulse!
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            Archie SheppKwanza (Verve By Request Series)Verve
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              Archie SheppPoem For Malcolm (1969)BYG Records
              Deep jazz on BYG, recorded in Paris, 1969 - the sound of revoluton! Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, piano Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone...
                Archie SheppYasmina, A Black WomanActuel
                Great late sixties avant garde jazz, recorded in Paris for Actuel/BYG

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                            The Battle of Lewisham August 13th, 1977 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Syd Shelton
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                              Neil YoungDecade
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                                Soul Jazz Records presentsStudio One Classics
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