There's a Trumpet in My Soul
1975 studio album by Archie Shepp
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There's a Trumpet in My Soul is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1975 on the Arista Freedom label.
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | April 12, 1975 | |||
| Studios | Sound Ideas Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Arista Freedom | |||
| Producers | Alan Bates, Michael Cuscuna | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Two vocals and a poem recitation weigh down the music a bit, although Shepp gets in some good licks. The overall results are not essential, but Archie Shepp was still in his musical prime at the time."[3]
Track listing
- "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 1: There's a Trumpet in My Soul/Samba da Rua/Zaid, Part 1" (Semenya McCord, Archie Shepp, Charles Greenlee) - 10:29
- "Down in Brazil" (Roy Burrowes, Beaver Harris) - 10:06
- "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 2: Zaid, Part 2/It Is the Year of the Rabbit/Zaid, Part 3" (Greenlee, Shepp, Greenlee; poem: Bill Hasson) - 17:45
- Recorded in NYC, April 12, 1975
Personnel
- Archie Shepp - tenor and soprano saxophone
- Roy Burrowes, Alden Griggs - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Charles Majid Greenlee - trombone
- Ray Draper - tuba
- Dave Burrell - piano
- Walter Davis Jr. - electric piano
- Brandon Ross - guitar
- Jimmy Garrison, Vishnu Bill Wood - bass
- Beaver Harris - drums
- Abdul Zahir Batin, Nene DeFense - percussion
- Bill Hasson - recitation
- Semenya McCord, Bill Willingham - vocals