The House I Live In (album) explained

The House I Live In
Type:Live album
Artist:Archie Shepp and Lars Gullin
Cover:The House I Live In (album).jpg
Released:1980
Recorded:November 21, 1963
Venue:Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:Jazz
Length:48:37
Label:Steeplechase
Producer:Nils Winther
Chronology:Archie Shepp
Prev Title:Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five
Prev Year:1963
Next Title:Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5
Next Year:1964

The House I Live In is a live album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and Lars Gullin recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 21, 1963 and released on the Steeplechase label in 1980.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "a fascinating [and] important historical release".[2]

Track listing

  1. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 19:06
  2. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 9:00
  3. "The House I Live In" (Earl Robinson) - 9:09
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 11:22

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 21, 1963.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/archie-shepp/catalog/#steeplechase-scc-6013 Archie Shepp discography
  2. Yanow, S. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r167309|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 31 July 2009