Things Have Got to Change
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Things Have Got to Change is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album features performance by Shepp with a large ensemble and vocal choir. The album "solidified the saxophonists reputation as a soulful, yet radical free jazz artist motivated by social commentary and cultural change".[2]
Track listing
- "Money Blues, Parts 1 - 3" (Beaver Harris, Archie Shepp) - 18:20
- "Dr. King, The Peaceful Warrior" (Cal Massey) - 2:29
- "Things Have Got to Change, Parts 1 and 2" (Massey) - 16:53
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1971
Personnel
- Archie Shepp: tenor and soprano saxophone
- James Spaulding: alto saxophone, piccolo
- Roy Burrows, Ted Daniel: trumpet
- Charles Greenlee, Grachan Moncur III: trombone
- Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone
- Dave Burrell: electric piano
- Billy Butler, David Spinozza: guitar
- Roland Wilson: electric bass
- Beaver Harris: drums
- Ollie Anderson, Hetty "Bunchy" Fox, Calo Scott, Juma Sultan: percussion
- Joe Lee Wilson: lead vocal
- Anita Branham, Claudette Brown, Barbara Parsons, Ernestina Parsons, Jody Shayne, Anita Shepp, Johnny Shepp, Sharon Shepp: vocals
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