Chuck Stewart American, 1927-2017
Archie Shepp, 1972
exhibition print | n. f. s.
print: 14 x 14 in. | frame: 24 ½ x 20 ½ in
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ARCHIE SHEPPJanuary 1972 | Recording session for Attica Blues ARTIST CONTEXT Saxophonist, composer, poet, and educator Archie Shepp joined avant-garde jazz with Black history, theater, protest, blues, and spiritual expression....
ARCHIE SHEPP
January 1972 | Recording session for Attica Blues
ARTIST CONTEXT
Saxophonist, composer, poet, and educator Archie Shepp joined avant-garde jazz with Black history, theater, protest, blues, and spiritual expression. Attica Blues responded to the 1971 Attica prison uprising with urgency, grief, and political clarity.
CHUCK STEWART / PHOTOGRAPH CONTEXT
Stewart’s session photographs document Shepp at a moment when the recording studio became a space for both musical invention and social testimony.
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▶ Attica Blues — Listen on YouTube Music