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Last Nite
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Album: Last Nite
# Song Title   Time
1)    So What More Info... 7:58
2)    Don't Give It Up More Info... 5:32
3)    The B.P. Blues More Info... 7:56
4)    All Blues More Info... 8:20
5)    Last Nite More Info... 7:58
6)    Emotions Wound Us So More Info... 6:19
 

Album: Last Nite
# Song Title   Time
1)    So What More Info... 7:58
2)    Don't Give It Up More Info... 5:32
3)    The B.P. Blues More Info... 7:56
4)    All Blues More Info... 8:20
5)    Last Nite More Info... 7:58
6)    Emotions Wound Us So More Info... 6:19
 
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  • Personnel: Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone, piano); Christine Spencer (vocals); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Henry Grimes, David Izenzon (bass); Rashied Ali, J.C. Moses (drums); Joe Chambers (drums, tympani); Ed Blackwell (rhythm logs).
  • Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 9 and August 12, 1965. Includes original release liner notes by Nat Hentoff and reissue liner notes by Michael Cuscuna.
  • ON THIS NIGHT contains material from two separate recording sessions. This reissue includes five previously unreleased alternate takes included as CD-only bonus tracks.
  • Composer: Archie Shepp.
  • Personnel: Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone, piano); Christine Spencer (vocals, soprano); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Joe Chambers (drums, timpani); J.C. Moses, Rashied Ali (drums); Ed Blackwell (percussion).
  • Audio Remasterer: Paul Elmore.
  • Liner Note Author: Nat Hentoff.
  • Recording information: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (03/09/1965-08/12/1965).
  • Unknown Contributor Roles: Ed Blackwell; Archie Shepp.
  • A dark, bluesy free-jazz outing, ON THIS NIGHT is one of Archie Shepp's smaller group efforts from his Impulse period. Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's characteristic warmth provides a plush cushion for Shepp's soulfully rough explorations, the highlight of which is a beautifully fractured version of Duke Ellington's "In A Sentimental Mood." The album opens with a timely snatch of black nationalist verse, "On This Night (If That Great Day Would Come," sung by Christine Spencer, but quickly settles into a grittier, swaggering groove characterized by titles such as "The Original Sonny Boy Williamson" and "The Mac Man." Ornette Coleman bassist David Izenson might not seem the first choice for such an R&B-derived session, but then Shepp liked his funk leavened with a heavy dose of abstraction.
Professional Reviews
Q (10/93, p.127) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the conservatoire feel shifts subtly into hymn-like forms, and then into blues [on ON THIS NIGHT] ..."
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