This duet date from 1990 demonstrates the deep blues feeling and technical mastery Archie Shepp has on the tenor saxophone. Comprised of four standards Things Aint What They Used to Be, Body and Soul, Pannonica, and Round Midnight this set is one of Shepps most enjoyable ever. The reasons are myriad, but it is in large part due to the fluid, loping bass of Richard Davis. Recorded in a club in front of a live audience, Shepp digs deep into his own history of influential tenor players and comes out not wanting, but on par with them, from Eddie Lockjaw Davis to Sonny Rollins to John Coltrane. His playing here is big, meaty, and warm, full of subtle emotions as well as bleating cries. Davis sense of time and melody is nearly incredible on the title track and on Round Midnight. The interplay Shepp shares with him is tasty, coming from fragmentary elements in Monks changes; Shepp and Davis move around the lyric and cut to the heart of the tunes color and ambiguity. Its a haunting version and one that offers a completely different reading of the tune over 17 minutes. On Pannonica, Shepps blues feeling comes out of Ben Webster as well as Eddie Lockjaw Davis and his soloing is full of warmth, humor, and a ragged sort of elegance. This like Shepps date with Horace Parlan, Goin Home is a major addition to the saxophonists catalog.

Re-mastering by: Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering
Produced by Horst Weber
Engineer Marvin Nunn
Recorded October 1st, 1989, Club Cantare, Boston

enja 7007 -Artist-Archie Shepp and Richard Davis

Format Detail: LP Black
Format: Vinyl
Availability : Pre-Order
Genre: BLUES
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Released: 12/19/2025
Internal ID: JIT