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The Cry of My People

The Cry of My People
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Studio album by Archie Shepp
Released 1972
Recorded September 25–27, 1972
Genre Jazz
Label Impulse!
Archie Shepp chronology
Attica Blues
(1972)
The Cry of My People
(1972)
There's a Trumpet in My Soul
(1975)
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Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars

The Cry of My People is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1972 on the Impulse! label. The album features performances by Shepp with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "Shepp worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on The Cry of My People".


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