Kwanza (album)

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Kwanza
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedSeptember 9, 1968; February 17 and August 26, 1969
RCA Studios, New York City
February 26, 1969
National Recording Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelImpulse!
AS-9262
ProducerBob Thiele, Ed Michel
Archie Shepp chronology
For Losers
(1969)
Kwanza
(1974)
Live at the Pan-African Festival
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Kwanza is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! in 1974. The album contains tracks recorded from September 1968 to August 1969 by Shepp with four different ensembles.

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "Kwanza may not be one of Shepp's better known recordings, but it is certainly one of his fine ones".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated

  1. "Back Back" - 5:45
  2. "Spoo Pee Doo" - 2:38
  3. "New Africa" (Grachan Moncur III) - 12:50
  4. "Slow Drag" - 10:09
  5. "Bakai" (Cal Massey) - 9:59

Recorded September 9, 1968 (track 2), February 17, 1969 (track 1) August 26, 1969 (track 4) and February 26, 1969 (tracks 3 & 5).

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 26, 2009.