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by Scott Yanow
This particular early Archie Shepp recording has its strong moments,
although it is a bit erratic. Four selections utilize an advanced sextet.
Of these songs, "Hambone" has overly repetitive and rather monotonous
riffing by the horns behind the soloists, and Shepp's bizarre exploration
of "The Girl From Ipanema" gets tedious, but the episodic "Los
Olvidaos" is quite colorful, and the tenorman sounds fine on a spacy
rendition of "Prelude to a Kiss." "Malcolm, Malcolm-Semper
Malcolm" has Shepp reading a brief poem for the fallen Malcolm X
before he jams effectively on tenor in a trio with bassist David Izenzon
and drummer J.C. Moses. The CD is rounded out by a "bonus" cut
not on the original LP -- a live version of "Hambone" that is
much more interesting than the earlier rendition. Overall, this set, even
with its faults, is recommended.
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