Archie Shepp  

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Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist.

Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before focusing on tenor saxophone (he occasionally plays soprano saxophone).

Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late sixties which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

250px|thumb|right|During a concert in Warsaw, Poland, in July 2008 With Cecil Taylor

• The World of Cecil Taylor (1960)
• Air (1960)
• Cell Walk for Celeste (1961)
• Jumpin' Punkins (1961)
• New York City R&B (1961)

With the New York Contemporary Five

• Consequences (Fontana, 1963)
• Rufus (Fontana, 1963) without Don Cherry
• New York Contemporary Five Vol. 1 (Sonet, 1963)
• New York Contemporary Five Vol. 2 (Sonet, 1963)
• Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (Savoy, 1964) (One side of LP)

With John Coltrane

• Ascension (1965)
• The Major Works of John Coltrane (1965)
• A Love Supreme (1965)

With the Chet Baker Quintet

• In Memory of (L & R Music, 1988)

With Dave Burrell

• Echo (1969)

With Material

• One Down (1982)

With Frank Zappa

• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (1991)