Attica Prison riot
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| - | + | The '''Attica Prison riot''' occurred at the [[Attica Correctional Facility]] in [[Attica (town), New York|Attica, New York]], [[United States]] in 1971. The riot was based in part upon prisoners' demands for better living conditions. On September 9, 1971, responding, in part, to the death of prisoner [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]], a black radical activist prisoner who had been shot to death by corrections officers in California's [[San Quentin Prison]] on August 21, about 1,000 of the Attica prison's approximately 2,200 inmates rebelled and seized control of the prison, taking 33 staff hostage. During the following four days of negotiations, authorities agreed to 28 of the prisoners' demands, but would not agree to demands for complete [[amnesty]] from criminal prosecution for the prison takeover or for the removal of Attica's superintendent. On the order of Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]], state police took back control of the prison. When the uprising was over, at least 39 people were dead, including ten correctional officers and civilian employees. | |
| - | '''''Attica Blues''''' is an album by [[avant-garde jazz]] saxophonist [[Archie Shepp]]. Originally released in 1972 on the [[Impulse!]] label, the album title is a direct reference to the [[Attica Prison riots]]. | + | |
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| - | == Track listing == | + | |
| - | # "[[Attica]] Blues" 4:47 | + | |
| - | # "Invocation: Attica Blues" 0:19 | + | |
| - | # "Steam (Part 1)" 5:07 | + | |
| - | # "Invocation To [[Charlie Parker|Mr. Parker]]" 3:16 | + | |
| - | # "Steam (Part 2)" 5:10 | + | |
| - | # "Blues For [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|Brother George Jackson]]" 4:00 | + | |
| - | # "Invocation: Ballad For A Child" 0:29 | + | |
| - | # "Ballad For A Child" 3:36 | + | |
| - | # "[[Good-Bye Sweet Pops]]" 4:22 | + | |
| - | # "Quiet Dawn" 6:12 | + | |
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| - | == Personnel == | + | |
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| - | * Archie Shepp: [[tenor saxophone|tenor]] and [[soprano saxophone|soprano]] [[saxophone|saxophones]] | + | |
| - | * Clifford Thornton: [[cornet]] | + | |
| - | * Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley: [[trumpet]] | + | |
| - | * Cal Massey: [[fluegelhorn]] | + | |
| - | * Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi: [[trombone]] | + | |
| - | * Hakim Jami: [[euphonium]] | + | |
| - | * Clarence White: [[alto saxophone]] | + | |
| - | * Marion Brown: [[alto saxophone]], [[flute]], bamboo flute, [[percussion]] | + | |
| - | * Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson: [[tenor saxophone]] | + | |
| - | * James Ware: [[baritone saxophone]] | + | |
| - | * John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Lakshinarayana Shankar: [[violin]] | + | |
| - | * Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott: [[cello]] | + | |
| - | * Dave Burrell: [[electric piano]] | + | |
| - | * Walter Davies, Jr.: [[electric piano]], [[piano]] | + | |
| - | * Cornell Dupree: [[guitar]] | + | |
| - | * Jimmy Garrison, gerald Jemmott, Roland Wilson: [[Double bass|bass]] | + | |
| - | * Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan: [[percussion]] | + | |
| - | * Beaver Harris, Billy Higgins: [[drums]] | + | |
| - | * Joshie Armstead, Henry Hull, Waheeda Massey, Albertine Robertson, Joe Lee Wilson: [[vocal]] | + | |
| - | * Bartholomew Gray, William Kunstler: [[narrator]] | + | |
| - | * RoMas: [[arranger]] | + | |
| - | * Romulus Franceschini: [[conductor]] | + | |
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The Attica Prison riot occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States in 1971. The riot was based in part upon prisoners' demands for better living conditions. On September 9, 1971, responding, in part, to the death of prisoner George Jackson, a black radical activist prisoner who had been shot to death by corrections officers in California's San Quentin Prison on August 21, about 1,000 of the Attica prison's approximately 2,200 inmates rebelled and seized control of the prison, taking 33 staff hostage. During the following four days of negotiations, authorities agreed to 28 of the prisoners' demands, but would not agree to demands for complete amnesty from criminal prosecution for the prison takeover or for the removal of Attica's superintendent. On the order of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, state police took back control of the prison. When the uprising was over, at least 39 people were dead, including ten correctional officers and civilian employees.
