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Archie Shepp Mama Too Tight CD (1966)
Bandoneon De Pacho songs Digitally remastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media Studios.
MAMA TOO TIGHT was the fourth and most radical of the albums Archie Shepp recorded for Impulse in the sixties. Overseeing an octet made up of 2 trombones, tuba, clarinet, trumpet, bass and drums as well as his own tenor, Shepp pays homage to Duke Ellington and James Brown in his witty, colorful writing for brass/reeds and funky ensemble work (cf. the title track.) The extended free-form opening of the massive side-long "A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (As A Young Man)" leaves a slightly ...
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