The Way Ahead | ||||
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Studio album by Archie Shepp | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | January 29, 1968 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 60:17 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1968. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Jimmy Owens, Grachan Moncur III, Walter Davis Jr., Ron Carter, Roy Haynes and Beaver Harris in January 1968 with two additional tracks featuring Charles Davis, Dave Burrell and Walter Booker recorded in February 1969, and first released on Kwanza (1974), added to the CD release.
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "The set is a glorious stretch of the old and new, with deep blues, gospel, and plenty of guttersnipe swing in the mix".