This release presents the unique quartet recordings by Archie Shepp and Bill Dixon, originally issued on Savoy. As a bonus, a long unavailable sextet studio session by Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five and an interesting septet session by Bill Dixon.

PERSONNEL:

ON TRACKS [1-4]

ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
BILL DIXON, trumpet
DON MOORE, bass
PAUL COHEN, drums

REGGIE WORKMAN, bass & HOWARD McRAE, drums, replace Moore and Cohen on “Peace”
New York, October 1962.

[5-7] BONUS TRACKS: Archie Shepp And The New York Contemporary Five:

ARCHIE SHEPP, tenor sax
DON CHERRY, pocket cornet on 7
TED CURSON, trumpet/piccolo trumpet on 5 & 6
JOHN TCHICAI, alto sax
RONNIE BOYKINS, bass
SUNNY MURRAY, drums

New York, Feb. 5, 1964.

TRACKS:

01. Trio
02. Quartet
03. Somewhere
04. Peace
05. Where Poppies Bloom (Where Poppies Blow)
06. Like A Blessed Baby Lamb
07. Consequences
08. Winter Song 1964 Section I
09. Winter Song 1964 Section Ii
10. Song 1964 Section Iii
11. Song 1964 Section IV
12. Song 1964 Section V
13 Song 1964 Coda
14. The 12th December

Total Time: 73:43


“After hearing this set, there can be no doubt that the new freedom in jazz is beginning to find direction. Shepp's solos, based on jazz roots, are fascinating, full of wit and convincing. He keeps a listener with him, and he never lets him down. And it simply has not been heard any place before. Listening to Shepp play is experiencing the essence of the ‘new thing' and it is very exciting.”
- Bill Mathieu