Blue Ballad [Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Archie Shepp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Tokuma Japan Comm.
• ASIN: B00003WGAS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,323 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Little Girl Blue

2. More Than I Know

3. Blue In Green

4. Blue And Sentimental

5. Cry Me A River

6. If I Should Lose You

7. Alone Together

Editorial Reviews

Japanese version featuring a limited LP style slipcase for initail pressing only. Digitally remastered with hyper magnum sound encoding. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful, August 22, 2007

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Strat Man (Shelton CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Ballad (24bt) (Mlps) (Audio CD)

The "ballads" label always scares me. Often an excuse to phone it in. Not so here. Mr Shepp remains thoroughly engaged throughout the CD, and the sidemen keep pace.

However, this is all about Archie. He even sings on a couple of tunes. Not the greatest singer on the planet, but not bad and he carries it off with a great deal of feeling. Perhaps about two verses too many through the course of the CD.

Of course, it's his sax playing that makes this CD. It is nothing short of phenomenal. Proof that one can spend years exploring the outer reaches of an instrument's capabilities, and bring the knowledge gained into a readily accessible medium like these ballads.

There are places in the music where it almost seems as if Mr. Shepp is letting the instrument play itself. For instance when he freely floats back and forth between octaves. On several tunes, he makes the instrument alternately sound like a trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and back to sax.

I am really enjoying this release. Also, managed to get it used for much less than $45.

With John Hicks (piano), George Mraz (bass) and Billy Drammond (drums).