1971 studio album by Archie Shepp
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Things Have Got to Change avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album features a performance by Shepp with a large ensemble and vocal choir. The album "solidified the saxophonists reputation as a soulful, yet radical free jazz artist motivated by social commentary and cultural change".[ 2]
"Money Blues, Parts 1 - 3" (Beaver Harris , Archie Shepp) - 18:20
"Dr. King, The Peaceful Warrior" (Cal Massey ) - 2:29
"Things Have Got to Change, Parts 1 and 2" (Massey) - 16:53 Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1971.
Archie Shepp : tenor and soprano saxophone James Spaulding : alto saxophone , piccolo Roy Burrows , Ted Daniel : trumpet Charles Greenlee , Grachan Moncur III : trombone Howard Johnson : baritone saxophone Dave Burrell : electric piano Billy Butler , David Spinozza : guitar Roland Wilson: electric bass
Beaver Harris : drums Ollie Anderson, Hetty "Bunchy" Fox , Calo Scott , Juma Sultan : percussion
Joe Lee Wilson : lead vocal Anita Branham, Claudette Brown, Barbara Parsons, Ernestina Parsons, Jody Shayne, Anita Shepp, Johnny Shepp, Sharon Shepp: vocals
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
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