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Archie Shepp, "Body and soul", album Yasmina, a black woman, poem from Malcom, Paris, 1969

Yasmina, a Black Woman is a jazz album by Archie Shepp, recorded in 1969 in Paris for BYG Actuel records. It features musicians from the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The first track, giving its title to the album, is a long free jazz piece by an 11-piece orchestra; in it, the references to Africa that Shepp had experimented with only a few weeks earlier in Algiers are to be found in the use of African percussion instruments, or the African incantations sung by Shepp himself at the beginning of the track. The other two pieces, a homage to Sonny Rollins written by trombonist Grachan Moncur III and a standard, played by a more traditional quintet and quartet respectively, are more reminiscent of the hard bop genre, although the fiery playing of the musicians, notably Shepp himself, gives them a definite avant-garde edge.

Track listing:

1."Yasmina, a Black Woman" (A. Shepp) – 20:08
2."Sonny's Back" (G. Moncur) – 14:03
3."Body and Soul" (Heyman, Sour, Green) – 6:23

Recorded: Paris, August 12, 1969.

Personnel:

On "Yasmina, a Black Woman":

Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, vocal
Clifford Thornton – cornet
Lester Bowie – trumpet
Arthur Jones – alto saxophone
Roscoe Mitchell – bass saxophone, piccolo
Dave Burrell – piano
Malachi Favors, Earl Freeman – bass
Sunny Murray – drums, percussions
Art Taylor – rhythm logs
Laurence Devereaux – balafon

On "Sonny's Back":

Archie Shepp, Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone, vocal
Dave Burrell – piano
Malachi Favors – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

On "Body and Soul":

Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, vocal
Dave Burrell – piano
Malachi Favors – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums