Archie Shepp Quartet: Blue Ballads `96 + True Ballads `97 + True Blue 2000

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) is an African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African people, as well as for his work with The New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane.

1996 - Blue Ballads [2014, Venus VHGD-49]:

01. Little Girl Blue
02. More Than You Know
03. Blue In Green
04. Blue And Sentimental
05. Cry Me A River
06. If I Should Loose You
07. Alone Together

Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals
John Hicks, piano
George Mraz, bass
Idris Muhammad, drums


1997 - True Ballads [2000, Venus TKGV-2]:

01. The Thrill Is Gone
02. The Shadow Of Your Smile
03. Everything Must Change
04. Here’s That Rainy Day
05. La Rosita
06. Nature Boy
07. Yesterdays
08. Violets For Your Furs

Bass – George Mraz
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Piano – John Hicks
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp


2000 - True Blue [2014, Venus VHGD-39]:

01. Lonnie’s Lament
02. Everytime We Say Goodbye
03. Time After Time
04. All Or Nothing At All
05. But Beautiful
06. Que Reste-t-il De Nos Amours
07. Blue Train
08. A Little Surprise For The Lady
09. I Want To Talk About You

Bass – George Mraz
Drums – Billy Drummond
Piano – John Hicks
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Vocals – Archie Shepp