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.

Reception 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."Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed June 25, 2009.

Track listing "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 "Down in Brazil" (Roy Burrowes, Beaver Harris) - 10:06 "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 Archie Shepp - tenor and soprano saxophone Roy Burrowes, Alden Griggs - trumpet, flugelhorn Charles Majid 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

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