Archie Shepp/Roswell Rudd Quartet

[Lois Gilbert]

July 20-25 ARCHIE SHEPP/ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET
FEAT. REGGIE WORKMAN, ANDREW CYRILLE
Amiri Baraka will be a guest on Thursday, July 22nd
Dave Burrell will be a guest on Friday, July 23rd

The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to present the ARCHIE SHEPP/ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET featuring Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille.

Tenor man Archie Shepp and trombonist Roswell Rudd played together a lot during the turbulent 1960s but, regrettably, they didn't record together at all in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s. In 2000 they reunited for a Universal/Verve recording Live in New York. The 68-year-old Rudd and the 67 year old Shepp have no problem bringing out the best in one another whether they are embracing pieces from the 1960s or turning their attention to songs they wrote in the 1980s or 1990s such as Rudd's Bamako and Shepp's Hope No. 2. Shepp and Rudd are joined by two legends in their own right bassist Reggie Workman, one of the most technically gifted of all bassists, a brilliant player whose versatile style fits into both hard bop and very avant-garde settings did stints with John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey. The same can be said of drummer Andrew Cyrille who is perhaps the preeminent free-jazz percussionist has played with everyone from Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins to Cecil Taylor and Billy Bang.

[Lois Gilbert]

I usually don't put gig announcements of this kind, but this is such an extraordinary line-up and Dave BURRELL does have his site with JC

[Peterdubya]

I'm guessing, only guessing, that "Dave" is mentioned in the last line of the 4 lines below

July 20-25 ARCHIE SHEPP/ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET
FEAT. REGGIE WORKMAN, ANDREW CYRILLE
Amiri Baraka will be a guest on Thursday, July 22nd
Dave Burrell will be a guest on Friday, July 23rd

[Dr Dave]

[shrugs]

With Burrell onboard, maybe it means Shepp won't touch the piano.........

[Lois Gilbert]

uh... guys there is a link by Dave's name on the original post...

[Gentle Giant]

Sounds awesome. I love Archie. I took a class with him at UMass in 1984 on the History of African-American Music. As a lecturer, he frankly sucked and he was always late to class, something he blamed on having clubbed feet because he was so poor growing up that he had to wear shoes that didn't fit properly. One day we had a substitute teacher: Marion Brown! I also used to sit next to Avery Sharpe's brother, Kevin, who was a real nice guy.

I wasn't fully into jazz at this point, so I didn't have a great sense of Shepp's historic value, but his was a commanding presence and I knew that as a musician he was something special. Being in Amherst, where he lived, I could see him play often. I guess he's mellowed a bit lately, but even then he was on fire.

My fondest memory was when I went to his office once to ask him a question. He wasn't there, of course, but soon I heard his big, slow gait coming down the hall. As he got closer, he called out, "Hey, Jason baby, what's happening?"

Wish I could make the show, but I hope the entourage heads out to Boston.