Hi-Fly (Karin Krog and Archie Shepp album) explained

Hi-Fly
Type:	album
Artist:	Karin Krog and Archie Shepp
Cover:	KrogSheppHiFly.jpeg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	June 23, 1976
Studio:	Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Vocal jazz, Jazz
Length:	48:07
Label:	Compendium Records
Producer:	Frode Holm, Karin Krog
Chronology:	Karin Krog
Prev Title:	Different Days, Different Ways
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Three's a Crowd
Next Year:	1977

Hi-Fly is a 1976 album by jazz singer Karin Krog and saxophonist Archie Shepp.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album four and a half stars with reviewer Michael G. Nastos writing that "All standards interpreted innovatively."^[1]

The Rough Guide to Jazz wrote that "Krog is impressive with Shepp, surviving a sometimes overbearing context and making an exquisite job of Carla Bley's "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" for which Krog wrote her own lyrics".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" (Carla Bley, Karin Krog) – 6:21
2. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) – 8:07
3. "Day Dream" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John La Touche) – 9:26
4. "(In My) Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 3:34
5. "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 14:01
6. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 6:38

Personnel

• Karin Krog – vocals
• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
• Charles Greenlee – trombone
• Jon Balke – piano
• Arild Andersen – double bass
• Cameron Brown – single bass
• Beaver Harris – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=hi-fly-mw0000871128|pure_url=yes}} Hi-Fly]. AllMusic. March 9, 2015.
2. Web site: Karin Krog, Archie Shepp – Hi-Fly. Discogs.com. 25 December 2021.
3. Book: Ian Carr. Digby Fairweather. Brian Priestley. The Rough Guide to Jazz. registration. 2004. Rough Guides. 978-1-84353-256-9. 109–.