Reception
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell states: "Among the highlights are a passionate reading of Duke Ellington's 'In a Sentimental Mood' and the title piece, a moving tribute to W. E. B. Du Bois, featuring the haunting soprano vocalist Christine Spencer employing a distinct 20th century classical influence, with Shepp on piano. Shepp is the solo horn on these dates, playing at peak form."[1] The CD version of On This Night includes an alternate take of "The Mac Man" and three of "The Chased" from the "Further Fire Music" album and a reading of his poem "Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm", previously issued on the "Fire Music" album. The track "Gingerbread, Gingerbread Man" was removed and included as a bonus track on the CD reissue of the John Coltrane/Archie Shepp album New Thing at Newport.
Original LP track listing
- "The Mac Man" - 7:27
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 3:18
- "Gingerbread, Gingerbread Boy" - 10:15
- "On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come)" - 10:00
- "The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson" - 5:58
- "The Pickaninny (Picked Clean-No More-Or Can You Back Back Doodleboug)" - 7:22
- All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 9, 1965 (track 6), and August 12, 1965 (tracks 1,2,4,5) and live at Newport July 2, 1965 (track 3)
CD reissue track listing
- "On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come)" - 10:00
- "The Mac Man" - 7:27
- "The Mac Man" [alternate take] - 9:27
- "The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson" - 5:58
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 3:18
- "The Chased" [alternate take] - 11:45
- "The Chased" [alternate take 2] - 6:13
- "The Chased" [take 3] - 5:14
- "The Pickaninny (Picked Clean-No More-Or Can You Back Back Doodleboug)" - 7:22
- "Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm" - 4:50
- All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 9, 1965 (tracks 6-10), and August 12, 1965 (tracks 1-5)
References
- 1 2 Campbell, Al Allmusic Review accessed April 7, 2009.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. |
Leader |
- Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
- The House I Live In (and Lars Gullin, 1963)
- Four for Trane (1964)
- Fire Music (1965)
- On This Night (1965)
- New Thing at Newport (split album with John Coltrane, 1965)
- Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
- Mama Too Tight (1966)
- The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
- For Losers (1968–69)
- Kwanza (1968–69)
- The Way Ahead (1968)
- Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
- Black Gipsy (1969)
- Blasé (1969)
- Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
- Pitchin Can (1969–70)
- Poem for Malcolm (1969)
- Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
- Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
- Coral Rock (1970)
- Doodlin' (1970)
- Things Have Got to Change (1971)
- Attica Blues (1972)
- The Cry of My People (1972)
- A Sea of Faces (1975)
- Bijou (1975)
- Body and Soul (Horo, 1975)
- Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
- Mariamar (1975)
- Montreux One (1975)
- Montreux Two (1975)
- There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
- Hi-Fly (and Karin Krog, 1976)
- Steam (1976)
- Goin' Home (and Horace Parlan, 1977)
- On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
- Duet (and Dollar Brand, 1978)
- Lady Bird (1978)
- Looking at Bird (and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1980)
- Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
- Mama Rose (and Jasper van 't Hof, 1982)
- Soul Song (1982)
- Down Home New York (1984)
- California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
- Little Red Moon (1985)
- Duo Reunion (and Horace Parlan, 1987)
- Splashes (1987)
- Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
- Body and Soul (and Richard Davis, Enja, 1989)
- Blue Ballads (1995)
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Cecil Taylor | |
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