Three for Shepp

Three for Shepp
Studio album by Marion Brown
Released	1967
Recorded	December 1, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Free jazz
Length	34:43
Label	Impulse! A-9139
Producer	Bob Thiele
Marion Brown chronology
Three for Shepp (1966) Juba Lee (1967)

Three for Shepp is the debut album by American saxophonist Marion Brown featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Marion Brown's Three for Shepp is the image-in-the-mirror companion to Archie Shepp's Four for Trane recorded the year before. The program is equally divided between Brown's originals, which occupy the first half of the album, and Shepp tunes that take up the latter half. What is immediately striking is how similar in tone, color, and texture the two men were when it came to composition. Brown arms himself here with crack bands for these recordings... This is a classic Impulse! recording of the period by an overlooked master".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Marion Brown except as indicated

1. "New Blue" - 5:11
2. "Fortunato" - 8:54
3. "The Shadow Knows" - 3:04
4. "Spooks" (Archie Shepp) - 4:32
5. "West India" (Shepp) - 6:24
6. "Delicado" (Shepp) - 6:38

Personnel

• Marion Brown - alto saxophone
• Grachan Moncur III - trombone
• Dave Burrell (tracks 1-3), Stanley Cowell (tracks 4-6) - piano
• Norris Jones - bass
• Bobby Capp (tracks 1-3), Beaver Harris (tracks 4-6) – drums

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