Mama Too Tight

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Mama Too Tight
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Studio album by
Archie Shepp
Released1967 (1967)
RecordedAugust 19, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, hard bop
Length37:43
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Archie Shepp chronology
Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco
(1966) 		Mama Too Tight
(1967) 		The Magic of Ju-Ju
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 stars[2]

Mama Too Tight is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1967. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Tommy Turrentine, Grachan Moncur III, Roswell Rudd, Howard Johnson, Perry Robinson, Charlie Haden and Beaver Harris in August 1966.

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp had hit his stride here compositionally... lots of free blowing, angry bursts of energy, and shouts of pure revelry are balanced with Ellingtonian elegance and restraint that was considerable enough to let the lyric line float through and encourage more improvisation. This is Shepp at his level best."[1]

Track listing[]

Side 1
1. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
Introducing
a) Prelude to a Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills)
b) The Break Strain-King Cotton (public domain)
c) Dem Basses (public domain) - 18:57
Side 2
1. Mama Too Tight - 5:25
2. Theme for Ernie () - 3:21
3. Basheer - 10:38

All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 19, 1966

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic Review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1289. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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