Archie Shepp
- Styles:
- Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Post Bop, Avant-garde Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Modal, Free Improvisation, Hard Bop, Experimental, Fusion
Essential Archie Shepp Albums
New Thing At Newport
John Coltrane, Archie Shepp
1966
Avant-garde Jazz
Four For Trane
Archie Shepp
1965
Avant-garde Jazz
Fire Music
Archie Shepp
1965
Hard Bop
Mama Too Tight
Archie Shepp
1967
Free Jazz
Blasé
Archie Shepp
1969
Free Jazz
The Magic Of Ju-Ju
Archie Shepp
1967
Post Bop
Attica Blues
Archie Shepp
1972
Soul-Jazz
Here Comes The Family
Family Of Percussion, Archie Shepp
1981
African
The Way Ahead
Archie Shepp
1968
Free Jazz
Yasmina, A Black Woman
Archie Shepp
1969
Free Jazz
Best Archie Shepp Albums by Style
Free Jazz
The Magic Of Ju-Ju
Archie Shepp
1967
The Way Ahead
Archie Shepp
1968
Fire Music
Archie Shepp
1965
The Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
The Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
1963
Yasmina, A Black Woman
Archie Shepp
1969
Contemporary Jazz
Attica Blues Big Band (Live At The Palais Des Glaces)
Archie Shepp
1979
Steam
Archie Shepp
1976
Let My People Go
Archie Shepp
2021
Day Dream
Archie Shepp
1977
Down Home New York
Archie Shepp
1984
Post Bop
On This Night
Archie Shepp
1965
Things Have Got To Change
Archie Shepp
1971
The Tradition
Archie Shepp
1978
Live In San Francisco
Archie Shepp
1966
Looking At Bird
Archie Shepp
1981
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Top Labels
| Label | Releases |
|---|---|
| Impulse! | 88 |
| ABC Records | 22 |
| BYG Records | 22 |
| Verve Records | 15 |
| Not On Label | 15 |
| SteepleChase | 10 |
| Venus Records | 10 |
| Denon | 9 |
| Archie Ball | 9 |
| Musica Jazz | 9 |
Archie Shepp Collaborations
As Leader
| Musician | Role | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Harris | Drums | 18 |
| Dave Burrell | Piano | 14 |
| Charles Greenlee | Trombone | 12 |
| Clifford Jarvis | Drums | 10 |
| Siegfried Kessler | Piano | 10 |
| Roswell Rudd | Trombone | 9 |
| Cameron Brown | Bass | 8 |
| Grachan Moncur III | Trombone | 7 |
| Horace Parlan | Piano | 6 |
| Stephen McCraven | Drums | 6 |
As Sideman
| Musician | Role | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Clifford Jarvis | Drums | 16 |
| Siegfried Kessler | Piano | 7 |
| Dave Burrell | Piano | 7 |
| Don Moore | Bass | 6 |
| Cecil Taylor | Piano | 6 |
| John Tchicai | Alto Saxophone | 6 |
| Buell Neidlinger | Bass | 5 |
| Denis Charles | Drums | 5 |
| Don Cherry | Trumpet | 5 |
| Roswell Rudd | Trombone | 5 |
Key Personnel
| Person | Role | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Various | Leader | 28 |
| Bob Thiele | Producer | 15 |
| Yoshio Ozawa | Producer | 10 |
| Jean Georgakarakos | Producer | 9 |
| Jean-Luc Young | Producer | 9 |
| Rudy Van Gelder | Engineer | 8 |
| Robert Flynn | Design [Cover] | 8 |
| Joe Lebow | Design [Liner] | 8 |
| Claude Jauvert | Engineer | 8 |
| Claude Delcloo | Executive-Producer | 8 |
Discography
Total: 327 releases
| Artist | Album | Label | Leader/Sideman | Style | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 45 Party Fanzine #3 | Not On Label | Sideman | Punk | 2026 |
| Archie Shepp | The Magic of Ju-Ju | Endless Happiness | Leader | Spiritual Jazz | 2025 |
| نيسم جلال | Souffles | Les Couleurs Du Son | Sideman | Contemporary Jazz | 2025 |
| Marion Rampal | Song For Abbey (Tribute To Abbey Lincoln) | Les Rivières Souterraines | Sideman | Vocal | 2025 |
| Florian Pellissier Quintet | Pacifiques Biches | Hot Casa Records | Sideman | Hard Bop | 2025 |
| Archie Shepp & Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath | Live in France, March 18, 1989 | DBQP | Sideman | Big Band | 2025 |
| Alice Coltrane | The Carnegie Hall Concert | Impulse! | Sideman | Free Jazz | 2024 |
| STHLM Svaga | Plays Carter, Plays Mitchell, Plays Shepp | Thanatosis Produktion | Sideman | Avant-garde Jazz | 2024 |
| Ivan The Tolerable | Infinite Peace | Stolen Body Records | Sideman | Ambient | 2024 |
| Raw Poetic | Space Beyond The Solar System | Def Pressé Editions | Sideman | Jazzy Hip-Hop | 2023 |
| Archie Shepp Quintet | Live In Europe | WHP | Leader | Free Jazz | 2023 |
| Chico Hamilton | For Mods Only | Heavy Jazz Records | Sideman | Soul-Jazz | 2023 |
| Archie Shepp | Derailleur | Triple Point Records | Leader | 2023 | |
| Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Aynsley Dunbar, Caravan | Amougies Festival 1969 | Trade Mark Of Quality | Sideman | 2023 | |
| Various | 7x7 | Tricatel | Sideman | Contemporary | 2023 |
| Marion Rampal | Tissé | Les Rivières Souterraines | Sideman | 2022 | |
| Albert Ayler | Revelations - The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings | INA | Sideman | Free Jazz | 2022 |
| Various | Beautiful Young Generation | - | Sideman | 2022 | |
| Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane | Antibes 68 / New York 71 - The Radio Broadcasts | Fat Alberts Bag | Sideman | Avant-garde Jazz | 2022 |
| Archie Shepp, Jason Moran | Let My People Go | Archie Ball | Leader | Contemporary Jazz | 2021 |
Styles & Genres Distribution
Styles
| Style | Releases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Free Jazz | 102 | 16.4% |
| Contemporary Jazz | 50 | 8% |
| Post Bop | 34 | 5.5% |
| Avant-garde Jazz | 28 | 4.5% |
| Soul-Jazz | 17 | 2.7% |
| Modal | 13 | 2.1% |
| Free Improvisation | 12 | 1.9% |
| Hard Bop | 12 | 1.9% |
| Experimental | 9 | 1.4% |
| Fusion | 8 | 1.3% |
Genres
| Genre | Releases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz | 272 | 43.7% |
| Electronic | 20 | 3.2% |
| Funk / Soul | 15 | 2.4% |
| Rock | 12 | 1.9% |
| Folk, World, & Country | 10 | 1.6% |
| Hip Hop | 10 | 1.6% |
| Blues | 8 | 1.3% |
| Non-Music | 7 | 1.1% |
| Stage & Screen | 6 | 1% |
| Pop | 6 | 1% |