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. 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".^[2]

Track listing

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/Bill Hasson, Shepp/Greenlee) - 17:45

• Recorded in NYC, April 12, 1975

Personnel

• Archie Shepp: tenor and soprano saxophone
• Roy Burrowes, Alden Griggs: trumpet, flugelhorn
• Charles Greenlee: trombone
• Ray Draper: tuba
• Dave Burrell: piano
• Walter Davis Jr.: electric piano
• Brandon Ross: guitar
• Jimmy Garrison, Vishnu Bill Wood: bass
• Beaver Harris: drums
• Abdul Zahir Batin, Nene DeFense: percussion
• Bill Hasson: recitation
• Semenya McCord, Bill Willingham: vocals

References