- jazz
- 43 min
- 8 tracks
- impulse!
The Cry of My People is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1972 on the Impulse! label. The album features performances by Shepp with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on The Cry of My People".
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Grave, character-led, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Rest Enough (Song to Mother)4:41
- A2A Prayer6:30
- A3All God's Children Got a Home in the Universe2:59
- A4The Lady5:32
- B1The Cry of My People5:45
- B2African Drum Suite, Part 10:36
- B3African Drum Suite, Part 27:34
- B4Come Sunday9:30
8 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Archie Shepp
- Label
- impulse!
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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