Archie Shepp ‎- Steam (1976) FULL ALBUM

Enja Records ‎– 2076 (Germany, 1976) 00:00 A1. Solitude 11:48 A2. Steam 21:08 B1. A Message From Trane Recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nuremberg, West Germany on March 14, 1976. Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, piano Cameron Brown - bass Beaver Harris - drums This colorful live LP features Archie Shepp on tenor, and a bit of his more basic piano, playing three lengthy compositions (Duke Ellington’s “Solitude,“ Cal Massey’s “A Message from Trane“ and Shepp’s own “Steam“) in a sparse trio with bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Beaver Harris. The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas