ARCHIE SHEPP - Kwanza (Verve By Request Series) golden-chariot-records CD5 - Down The Road

CD5 - Down The Road Wherever

along with interviews with members of both bands and more

offering fascinating and delectable new spins on time-honored classics and overlooked gems alike

and headed into Rudy Van Gelder’s studio to record what would stand as his masterwork: Out to Lunch

they appeared on NBC’s nationally syndicated Showcase ’68

ARCHIE SHEPP - Kwanza (Verve By Request Series) golden-chariot-records CD5 - Down The RoadLP This Verve By Request LP features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180 gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit. These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Archie Shepps free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big band setting. The all star brass section, featuring James Spaulding and Charles Davis on sax along with trombonist Graham Moncur III lead the way on stand outs