There's a Trumpet in My Soul

There's a Trumpet in My Soul is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1975 on the Arista Freedom label.

There's a Trumpet in My Soul
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedApril 12, 1975
StudioSound Ideas Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelArista Freedom
ProducerAlan Bates, Michael Cuscuna
Archie Shepp chronology
The Cry of My People
(1972)
There's a Trumpet in My Soul
(1975)
Montreux One
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Two vocals and a poem recitation weigh down the music a bit, although Shepp gets in some good licks. The overall results are not essential, but Archie Shepp was still in his musical prime at the time."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 1: There's a Trumpet in My Soul/Samba da Rua/Zaid, Part 1" (Semenya McCord, Archie Shepp, Charles Greenlee) - 10:29
  2. "Down in Brazil" (Roy Burrowes, Beaver Harris) - 10:06
  3. "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 2: Zaid, Part 2/It Is the Year of the Rabbit/Zaid, Part 3" (Greenlee, Shepp, Greenlee; poem: Bill Hasson) - 17:45
  • Recorded in NYC, April 12, 1975

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2009.