| Rufus | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | John Tchicai & Archie Shepp |
| Cover: | Rufus (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Recorded: | August 23, 1963 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Fontana |
| Chronology: | Archie Shepp |
| Prev Title: | Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Consequences |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
Rufus is an album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore and drummer J. C. Moses. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1963.[1] This group with the addition of trumpeter Don Cherry became known as the New York Contemporary Five and released Consequences for which this album appears to have been a "pilot".[2]
Recorded in New York City on August 23, 1963.