The material here is familiar territory for Shepp: a mix of spirituals and standards, some of which he’s recorded before on Goin’ Home and other prior releases, plus one Moran original. But Shepp has ...

This big band session collects all of Archie Shepp's virtues as a composer, saxophonist and jazz dramaticist and puts them into one glorious package. Like the African-American holiday this album is ...

When Jason Moore, the D.C. rapper and producer who works under the moniker Raw Poetic, first started writing rhymes as a teenager, he had a specific goal in mind. “I wanted to be able to rap to ...

It was July 1969, a few weeks before Woodstock. Men had just landed on the moon. After 132 years of French colonialism, Algeria was independent, and 1 million settlers had left the country. It was a ...

Archie Shepp All Star : «Tribute to John Coltrane» 1h10 - Jazz En 1960, Archie Shepp assiste à un concert de John Coltrane au Five Spot, mythique club du Lower East Side. Fasciné, il décide dans la ...

Happy Birthday Mister Shepp ! : Saxophoniste de jazz, Archie Shepp a fêté ses 70 ans à la Fondation Cartier, le 7 mai 2007.

Iconic jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp has collaborated with Raw Poetic and Damu the Fudgemunk on a new album. Ocean Bridges is out May 22 on Redefinition Records. Today, they’ve shared a new song from ...

The album art for Let My People Go was created by the Polish artist Jacek Woźniak. Credit: Courtesy the artist The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So ...

Saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Jason Moran are both jazz titans: Mr. Shepp, age 83, is an NEA Jazz Master and was an important protégé of John Coltrane; Mr. Moran, 46, is a MacArthur Fellow and ...

The New York Contemporary Five marked a relatively brief chapter in Archie Shepp’s career; they existed for barely two years and played almost exclusively in Europe. Today, the group is recognized as ...

Albert Ayler flamed like phosphorous for a few years, spoke like an Old Testament prophet, wore leather trousers and died young in mysterious circumstances. Archie Shepp burned just as bright, but has ...