Archie Shepp
Jazz, Musical Artist
1937 –
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Who is Archie Shepp?
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by African Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries, most notably Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane.
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- Born
- May 24, 1937
Fort Lauderdale - Also known as
- Shepp, Archie
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Goddard College
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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