Attica Blues

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Attica Blues is a politically charged 1972 jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp that blends avant-garde jazz, soul, and funk to respond to the Attica prison uprising and broader civil rights struggles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album
studio album
about Black liberation
prison conditions
racial injustice
state violence
artist Archie Shepp
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresInstrument alto saxophone
bass
choir
drums
piano
strings
tenor saxophone
trombone
trumpet
vocals
follows Things Have Got to Change
genre avant-garde jazz
funk
jazz
soul
hasInfluence political activism in music
hasPart Attica Blues (title track)
linked to: Attica Blues

Ballad for a Child
Blues for Brother George Jackson
Good-Bye Sweet Pops
Invocation: Attica Blues
linked to: Attica Blues

Quiet Dawn
Steam
hasQuality politically charged
hasReception critically acclaimed
hasTheme protest
resistance
social justice
language English
mainSubject Attica Prison uprising
civil rights movement
movement Black Arts Movement
notableWorkOf Archie Shepp
performer Archie Shepp
producer Archie Shepp
Cal Massey
publicationDate 1972
recordedIn New York City
recordLabel Impulse!
Impulse! Records
releaseYear 1972

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Archie Shepp notableWork Attica Blues
Heather Ann Thompson notableWork Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
linked to: Attica Blues
Attica Blues hasPart Attica Blues (title track)
linked to: Attica Blues
Attica Blues hasPart Invocation: Attica Blues
linked to: Attica Blues