The Cry of My People explained

The Cry of My People
Type:studio
Artist:Archie Shepp
Cover:The Cry of My People.jpg
Released:1973
Recorded:September 25–27, 1972
Studio:Allegro Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Label:Impulse!
Producer:Ed Michel
Chronology:Archie Shepp
Prev Title:Attica Blues
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:There's a Trumpet in My Soul
Next Year:1975

The Cry of My People is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1972 on the Impulse! label. The album features performances by Shepp with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on The Cry of My People".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated

  1. "Rest Enough (Song to Mother)" - 4:41
  2. "A Prayer" (Cal Massey) - 6:29
  3. "All God's Children Got a Home in the Universe" - 2:58
  4. "The Lady" (Bob Ford) - 5:31
  5. "The Cry of My People" (Massey) - 5:45
  6. "African Drum Suite, Part 1" (Beaver Harris) - 0:35
  7. "African Drum Suite, Part 2" (Harris) - 7:34
  8. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 9:30

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r147440|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 25 June 2009.

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