On This Night

Artist: Archie Shepp
Label: Grp Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 011105012522
EAN: 0011105012522
ASIN: B000003N6O

Release Date: 1993-05-25

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Tracks:

On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come)
The Mac Man
The Mac Man (Alternate)
The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson
In A Sentimental Mood
The Chased (Take #1)
The Chased (Take #2)
The Chased (Take #3)
The Pickaninny (Picked Clean)
Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm

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Customer Reviews:

Some of Shepp's Best.......2000-07-12

"On This Night" is an outstanding, if not altogether consistent, CD. It definitely contains some of Shepp's best playing, most notably the first five tracks featuring Bobby Hutcherson on vibes. The title track leads off the album in quite an eerie fashion courtesy of Christine Spencer's soprano vocals. The album's inconsistency comes from two places. First, there are three different drummers on the first five songs -- Rashied Ali plays on 1-3, J.C. Moses on 4, and Joe Chambers on 5. These drummers have very different approaches to experimental jazz, and it gives the session a haphazard rhythmic feel. The other problem with the CD is the trio session tacked on the end. While the music is very good, it really makes it feel like two wholly different albums. The trio recordings make up tracks 6-10 of the CD, but three of them are versions of "The Chased." Overall though, this is some of the best avant-garde jazz of the 60s. Not to be missed by any fan of the "New Wave."

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