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St. Louis Blues
  Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone)
   Richard Davis (bass)
   Sunny Murray (drums)
   with special guest, Leopoldo Fleming (percussion)

St. Louis Blues features three veterans of the avant-garde jazz scene whose careers have been well documented.   Archie Shepp's powerful tenor saxophone sound emerged in the 60's.  His music always stretched the boundaries between political statement and spiritual awareness, but always remained grounded in the blues.  Richard Davis' versatile bass has been featured on many important modern jazz recordings (including Vision In Time for Silkheart produced by Drimala's owner) from Eric Dolphy to Rahsaan Roland Kirk.   Sunny Murray may just possess one of the most original and unique percussion sounds in the history of jazz.  His ability to spread the rhythm and play in free meters helped to propel the groups of Albert Ayler and Cecil Taylor.

The music on St. Louis Blues leads you on a musical journey through America, Africa and Europe...three places that have greatly influenced Archie Shepp's music.  Comes highly recommended.

10 tracks in 66:49

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