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1970 studio album by Archie Shepp
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For Losers Archie Shepp released on Impulse! in 1970. The album contains tracks recorded from September 1968 to August 1969 by Shepp with three different ensembles. The AllMusic review by Rob Ferrier states "for anyone wishing to understand the music and career of this brilliant musician, this is an undervalued piece of the puzzle".[ 2]
All compositions by Archie Shepp, except as indicated.
"Stick 'Em Up" - 2:04
"Abstract" - 4:21
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) " (Duke Ellington , Paul Francis Webster ) - 5:15
"What Would It Be Without You" (Cal Massey ) - 4:05
"Un Croque Monsieur" - 21:49 Recorded September 9, 1968 (track 1), February 17, 1969 (track 2) and August 26, 1969 (tracks 3-5).
Track 1
Track 2
Tracks 3-5
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
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Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet The House I Live In Lars Gullin , 1963)Four for Trane Fire Music On This Night New Thing at Newport John Coltrane , 1965)Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco Mama Too Tight The Magic of Ju-Ju For Losers Kwanza The Way Ahead Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones Black Gipsy Blasé Live at the Pan-African Festival Pitchin Can Poem for Malcolm Yasmina, a Black Woman Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble Coral Rock Doodlin' Things Have Got to Change Attica Blues The Cry of My People A Sea of Faces Bijou Body and Soul Horo , 1975)Jazz a Confronto 27 Mariamar Montreux One Montreux Two There's a Trumpet in My Soul Hi-Fly Karin Krog , 1976)Steam Goin' Home Horace Parlan , 1977)On Green Dolphin Street Duet Dollar Brand , 1978)Lady Bird Looking at Bird Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1980)Trouble in Mind Mama Rose Jasper van 't Hof , 1982)Soul Song Down Home New York California Meeting: Live on Broadway Little Red Moon Duo Reunion Horace Parlan , 1987)Splashes Lover Man Body and Soul Richard Davis , Enja , 1989)Blue Ballads New York WithCecil With
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
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God Bless Jug and Sonny Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt , 1973)Left Bank Encores Something for Lester Ray Brown , 1977)Slow Drag Donald Byrd , 1967)The Almoravid Joe Chambers , 1971–73)Somethin's Cookin' Junior Cook , 1981)Broken Shadows Ornette Coleman , 1971–72)Katumbo (Dance) Giant Steps John Coltrane , 1959)Up, Up and Away Sonny Criss , 1967)The Beat Goes On! This Is the Moment! Kenny Dorham , 1958)Blue Spring Cannonball Adderley , 1959)It's All Right! Teddy Edwards , 1967)Soul Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1961)Smokin' Tangerine Dexter Gordon , 1972)Generation Bush Dance Johnny Griffin , 1978)Roots Slide Hampton , 1985)The Quota Jimmy Heath , 1961)Triple Threat Mode for Joe Joe Henderson , 1966)Hub Cap Freddie Hubbard , 1961)Here to Stay The Body & the Soul Bolivia Highway One Bobby Hutcherson , 1978)Farewell Keystone Really Livin' J.J. Johnson , 1959)J.J. Inc. Save Your Love for Me Etta Jones , 1986)Advance! Philly Joe Jones , 1978)Drum Song Seven Minds Sam Jones , 1974)Something in Common First Class Kloss! Eric Kloss , 1967)Abbey Is Blue Abbey Lincoln , 1959)Strings! Pat Martino , 1967)From This Moment On! Charles McPherson , 1968)Horizons Caramba! Lee Morgan , 1968)The Sixth Sense The Mode Sonny Red , 1961)Sonny Red Setting Standards Woody Shaw , 1983)For Losers Archie Shepp , 1968–69)Kwanza Now Is the Time Idrees Sulieman , 1976)Goodbye Yesterday Lucky Thompson , 1972)Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail I Offer You Another Story Stanley Turrentine , 1969)Up Front David Williams , 1986)
