Fire Music

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Fire Music is a landmark 1965 avant-garde jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp, noted for its politically charged themes and innovative, fiery improvisation.

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Fire Music canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album
avant-garde jazz album
studio album
artist Archie Shepp
associatedMovement Black Arts Movement
chronologyPosition early Impulse! Records period of Archie Shepp
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception considered a landmark of 1960s avant-garde jazz
decade 1960s
dedicatedTo Malcolm X
featuredInstrument bass
drums
piano
tenor saxophone
trumpet
followedBy On This Night
format LP record
genre avant-garde jazz
free jazz
hasCoverVersionOf Prelude to a Kiss
The Girl from Ipanema
linked to: Garota de Ipanema
hasPart Hambone
Los Olvidados
Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm
Portrait of Robert Thompson (as a Young Man)
Prelude to a Kiss
The Girl from Ipanema
linked to: Garota de Ipanema
hasTrackWithSpokenWord Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm
influencedBy John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
labelCatalogNumber Impulse! A-86
language instrumental
name Fire Music
notableWorkOf Archie Shepp
originalMedium vinyl record
performer Archie Shepp
politicalTheme Black liberation
civil rights movement
precededBy Four for Trane
producer Bob Thiele
recordedAt Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
recordedIn Van Gelder Studio
recordLabel Impulse! Records
releaseDate 1965
styleCharacteristic collective improvisation
extended saxophone techniques
fiery improvisation
politically charged themes

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Archie Shepp notableWork Fire Music
Fire Music name Fire Music
On This Night follows Fire Music
On This Night precededBy Fire Music