Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5

Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 is an album released on the Savoy label originally featuring one LP side by Bill Dixon's septet and one LP side by the New York Contemporary Five featuring saxophonist Archie Shepp.^[2] The album resulted from Dixon and Shepp's contractual obligations to provide Savoy Records with a second album after the Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet (1962) but following a professional separation.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Winter Song 1964: Section I, Letters A, B, C, D" (Bill Dixon) - 1:30
2. "Winter Song 1964: Section II, Letter E" (Dixon) - 0:47
3. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" (Dixon) - 9:17
4. "Winter Song 1964: Section IV, Letter G" (Dixon) - 0:46
5. "Winter Song 1964: Section V, Letter H Played Three Times" (Dixon) - 1:49
6. "Coda" (Dixon) - 0:31
7. "The 12th December" (Dixon) - 3:20
8. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" [alternate take] (Dixon) - 7:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" [alternate study] (Dixon) - 9:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Where Poppies Bloom (Where Poppies Blow)" (Archie Shepp) - 7:47
11. "Like a Blessed Baby Lamb" (Shepp) - 9:27
12. "Consequences" (Don Cherry) - 4:55

Recorded at Savoy Studios, Newark on March 4, 1964 (tracks 1-9) and New York City on February 5, 1964 (tracks 10-12).

Personnel

• Bill Dixon: trumpet (tracks 1-9)
• Ken McIntyre: alto saxophone, oboe (tracks 1-9)
• George Barrow: tenor saxophone (tracks 1-9)
• Howard Johnson: tuba, baritone saxophone (tracks 1-9)
• David Izenzon: bass (tracks 1-9)
• Hal Dodson: bass (tracks 1-9)
• Howard McRae: drums (tracks 1-9)
• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone (tracks 10-12)
• John Tchicai: alto saxophone (tracks 10-12)
• Ted Curson: trumpet (tracks 10 & 11)
• Don Cherry: trumpet (track 12)
• Ronnie Boykins: bass (tracks 10-12)
• Sunny Murray: drums (tracks 10-12)

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