Attica Prison riot
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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.
Track listing
- "Attica Blues" 4:47
- "Invocation: Attica Blues" 0:19
- "Steam (Part 1)" 5:07
- "Invocation To Mr. Parker" 3:16
- "Steam (Part 2)" 5:10
- "Blues For 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
Personnel
- Archie Shepp: tenor and soprano 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: 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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