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The Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
| Recorded | Oct 1962 |
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| Label | SoundsGood Original Recordings |
| Catalog | MG 12178 |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 11 credited players |
| Discogs | master 188416 |
The record
Recorded in the fall of 1962, this session catches Shepp and Dixon before either name carried weight, with a shifting cast of bassists and drummers under a rotating alto voice. It reads as a working sketch of the free jazz movement still finding its footing.
Session personnel
- John Tchicai — alto saxophone
- Don Moore — bass
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Ronnie Boykins — bass
- Howard McRae — drums
- Paul Cohen — drums
- Sunny Murray — drums
- Ted Curson — piccolo trumpet, trumpet
- Archie Shepp — tenor saxophone
- Bill Dixon — trumpet
- Don Cherry — trumpet, cornet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1963 | Savoy Records · MG-12178 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1963 | Savoy Records · MG-12178 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Semicircle label |
| 1972 | CBS/Sony · SOPL 52-SY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1972 | CBS/Sony · SOPL 52-SY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 2016 | Jeanne Dielman · JD117 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2023 | SoundsGood Original Recordings — MONO |
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