Label:
Horo Records – HZ 01
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Italy / Released: 1976
Style:
Free Jazz, Soul-Jazz
Recorded in
Rome, Italy on October 16, 1975.
Producer
– Aldo Sinesio
Engineer
– Raimondo Caruana
Cover
Design – Mirella Ruscarino
Photos
– Andrea Puccini / Claudio Totoro
A1
- Mariamar ............................................................................
13:41
A2
- Tres Ideias ...........................................................................
7:36
B1
- The Magic ..........................................................................
10:03
B2
- Shepp's Mood ......................................................................
8:22
All
compositions by Archie Shepp
ARCHIE
SHEPP / tenor and soprano sax, piano
CHARLES
GREENLEE / trombone
CICCI
SANTUCCI / trumpet
IRIO
DE PAULA / guitar
ALESSIO
URSO / bass
AFONSO
VIEIRA / drums, percussion
Mariamar
is an album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in Rome, Italy on October
16, 1975 and released on the Horo label. Beautiful only italian LP, deep jazz
with a soul feel.
A
very nice issue of a 1976 Italian LP of Archie Shepp with local and Brazilian
musicians spinning out lush, soulful jazz tunes. Shepp is of course a master of
many styles of jazz, and here he focuses on melodic lyrical ballads with a
tight, piano-less sextet. Shepp’s playing is soulful and generous, giving
plenty of room for solos from his band. Guitarist Irio de Paula’s playing
shines throughout, providing some beautiful chord comping that makes me think
of Wes Montgomery, especially backing Shepp’s tenor sax on a duo of “Mariamar”
and "Shepp's Mood". Frankly, I was surprised at how enjoyable this
has been. I assumed it would be worth one listen and then on to sell at End of
an Ear records, but this goes into my permanent and ever growing Archie Shepp
collection.
Note:
Special
treatment of sound processing in the Studio-A of Radio Corona.
Enjoy!
If
you find it, buy this album!
