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1968 studio album by Archie Shepp
The Way Ahead is an album by
Archie Shepp , released on
Impulse! Records in 1968. The album contains
tracks recorded by Shepp, trumpeter
Jimmy Owens , trombonist
Grachan Moncur III , pianist
Walter Davis Jr. , bassist
Ron Carter and drummers
Roy Haynes and
Beaver Harris in January 1968 with two additional tracks featuring baritone saxophonist
Charles Davis , pianist
Dave Burrell and bassist
Walter Booker recorded in February 1969, and first released on
Kwanza (1974), added to the CD release.
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "The set is a glorious stretch of the old and new, with deep blues, gospel, and plenty of guttersnipe swing in the mix."
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Track listing
"Damn If I Know (The Stroller)" (Walter Davis Jr.) - 6:16
"Frankenstein" (Grachan Moncur III) - 13:50
"Fiesta" (Archie Shepp) - 9:54
"
Sophisticated Lady " (
Duke Ellington ,
Irving Mills ,
Mitchell Parish ) - 7:08
"New Africa" (Moncur) - 12:55 Bonus track on CD
"Bakai" (
Cal Massey ) - 10:14 Bonus track on CD
Recorded at RCA Studio, NYC, January 29, 1968 (tracks 1-4) and National Recording Studios, NYC, February 26, 1969(tracks 5-6)
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Leader
Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
The House I Live In (and
Lars Gullin , 1963)
Four for Trane (1964)
Fire Music (1965)
On This Night (1965)
New Thing at Newport (split album with
John Coltrane , 1965)
Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
Mama Too Tight (1966)
The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
For Losers (1968–69)
Kwanza (1968–69)
The Way Ahead (1968)
Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
Black Gipsy (1969)
Blasé (1969)
Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
Pitchin Can (1969–70)
Poem for Malcolm (1969)
Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
Coral Rock (1970)
Doodlin' (1970)
Things Have Got to Change (1971)
Attica Blues (1972)
The Cry of My People (1972)
A Sea of Faces (1975)
Bijou (1975)
Body and Soul (
Horo , 1975)
Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
Mariamar (1975)
Montreux One (1975)
Montreux Two (1975)
There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
Hi-Fly (and
Karin Krog , 1976)
Steam (1976)
Goin' Home (and
Horace Parlan , 1977)
On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
Duet (and
Dollar Brand , 1978)
Lady Bird (1978)
Looking at Bird (and
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1980)
Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
Mama Rose (and
Jasper van 't Hof , 1982)
Soul Song (1982)
Down Home New York (1984)
California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
Little Red Moon (1985)
Duo Reunion (and
Horace Parlan , 1987)
Splashes (1987)
Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
Body and Soul (and
Richard Davis ,
Enja , 1989)
Blue Ballads (1995)
New York Contemporary Five With
Cecil Taylor With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
David Murray With
Archie Shepp With others