| Attica Blues | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Archie Shepp |
| Cover: | Archie_Shepp_-_Attica_Blues.jpg |
| Released: | 1972 |
| Recorded: | January 24–26, 1972 |
| Studio: | A&R Recording, New York |
| Genre: | Jazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, big band, jazz poetry, funk |
| Label: | Impulse! AS-9222 |
| Producer: | Ed Michel |
| Chronology: | Archie Shepp |
| Prev Title: | Things Have Got to Change |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | The Cry of My People |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Attica Blues is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title refers to the Attica Prison riots.[1]
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states: "Attica Blues is one of Shepp's most successful large-group projects, because his skillful handling of so many different styles of black music produces such tremendously groovy results".[2] Stephen Davis of Rolling Stone said that it was "not just a masterpiece of protest: [...] it is more a politico/religious experience, an appeal to higher human consciousness to, for God's sake, help us out of this torment."
All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated
Recorded at A&R Recording, NYC, January 24–26, 1972 (Track timings slightly differ from one issue to another, due to merging tracks.)