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Attica Blues is a studio album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded on January 24~26, 1972 at A&R Recording in New York City.. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title is a reference to the Attica Prison riots. The producer on the sessions was Ed Michel.

Track List | 37:16 All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

  1.      Attica Blues (lyrics by Beaver Harris) – 4:49
  2.      Invocation: Attica Blues (Beaver Harris) – 0:18
  3.      Steam, Part 1 – 5:08
  4.      Invocation to Mr. Parker” (lyrics by Bart Gray) – 3:17
  5.      Steam, Part 2 – 5:10
  6.      Blues for Brother George Jackson – 4:00
  7.      Invocation: Ballad for a Child (Harris) – 0:30
  8.      Ballad for a Child (lyrics by Harris) – 3:37
  9.      Good-Bye Sweet Pops (Cal Massey) – 4:23
  10. Quiet Dawn (Massey) – 6:12
Personnel
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8, 10) and soprano saxophone (3, 5, 9)
  • Brass and reed section on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10
    • Clifford Thornton – cornet
    • Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley – trumpet
    • Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi – trombone
    • Hakim Jami – euphonium
    • Clarence White – alto saxophone
    • Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson – tenor saxophone
    • James Ware – baritone saxophone
  • String section on tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8—10
    • John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Lakshinarayana Shankar – violin
    • Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott – cello
  • Marion Brown – alto saxophone (1, 6), bamboo flute (3), flute (4), percussion (3—5)
  • Walter Davis, Jr. – electric piano (1, 6), piano (6, 8—10)
  • Dave Burrell – electric piano (3, 5)
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar (1, 3, 5, 8)
  • Roland Wilson (1, 3, 5–6, 8), Gerald Jemmott (1) – Fender bass
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass (3—5, 9, 10)
  • Beaver Harris (1, 3, 5–6, 8) – drums
  • Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan – percussion (1, 6, 10)
  • Vocals
    • Henry Hull (1, 8), Joe Lee Wilson (3, 5) – vocals
    • William Kunstler (2, 7), Bartholomew Gray (4) – narrator
    • Joshie Armstead, Albertine Robertson – backing vocals (1)
  • Featured exclusively on tracks 9 and 10, written by Cal Massey
    • Romulus Franceschini – conductor and co-arranger
    • Cal Massey – fluegelhorn (10)
    • Waheeda Massey – vocals (10)
    • Billy Higgins – drums

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