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Kwanza (album)

Kwanza
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Studio album by Archie Shepp
Released 1974
Recorded September 9, 1968; February 17 and August 26, 1969
RCA Studios, New York City
February 26, 1969
National Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Impulse!
AS-9262
Producer Bob Thiele, Ed Michel
Archie Shepp chronology
For Losers
(1969)
Kwanza
(1974)
Live at the Pan-African Festival
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars

Kwanza is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! in 1974. The album contains tracks recorded from September 1968 to August 1969 by Shepp with four different ensembles.

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "Kwanza may not be one of Shepp's better known recordings, but it is certainly one of his fine ones".

All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

Recorded September 9, 1968 (track 2), February 17, 1969 (track 1) August 26, 1969 (track 4) and February 26, 1969 (tracks 3 & 5).


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