Steam (Archie Shepp album)

Steam
Live album by Archie Shepp
Released	1976
Recorded	May 14, 1976
Genre	Jazz
Label	Enja
Archie Shepp chronology
Bijou (1975) Steam (1976) Hi-Fly (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Village Voice	A–[3]

Steam is a live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976 and released on the Enja label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas".^[4]

Track listing

1. "A Message from Trane" (Cal Massey) - 18:58
2. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 11:40
3. "Invitation" (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 14:29 Bonus track on CD
4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD
5. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) - 9:23
6. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) - 0:57

• Recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976

Personnel

• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone, piano
• Cameron Brown: bass
• Beaver Harris: drums

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Christgau, Robert (June 26, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 29 July 2009.