Looking économies at Bird by Archie Shepp NEUF

Performer Notes:

• & Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen.
• Personnel: Archie Shepp (soprano & tenor saxophones); Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass).
• Personnel: Archie Shepp (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone).
• Recording information: sweet Silence Studios (02/07/1980).
• Photographer: Nils Winther.
• Avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp created a stir in 1977 when he recorded a set of hymns and folk melodies in melodic duets with pianist Horace Parlan. On February 6, 1980, he reunited with Parlan for a set of blues associated with Bessie Smith, and the following day, as a sort of sequel, Shepp played eight songs associated with Charlie Parker in collaboration with bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. Although never a bebopper, Shepp does surprisingly well on such tunes as "Moose the Mooche," "Ornithology," "Yardbird Suite" and "Confirmation," even if he makes the mistake of doubling on his erratic soprano during a few numbers. Archie Shepp pays tribute to Bird not by copying him, but by being creative and playing Parkers repertoire in his own sound. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Producer: Nils Winther

Format: CD (1 Disc)

Country: Denmark

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 1 July, 1994

Label: Stateside Distributors

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.04 kg)