Live in New York (Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd album)

Live in New York is a live album by saxophonist Archie Shepp and trombonist Roswell Rudd. It was recorded in September 2000 at the Jazz Standard in New York City and released by Verve Records in 2001 as part of its Soundscape Series. Shepp and Rudd are accompanied by trombonist Grachan Moncur III, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. They are joined on one track by poet Amiri Baraka.^[1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
All About Jazz	^[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson wrote: "this generally excellent CD marks the reunion of two avant-garde improvisers who were separated for way too long... After more than 30 years apart, was that old chemistry still there? Absolutely. A 63-year-old Shepp... and a 65-year-old Rudd have no problem bringing out the best in one another... Shepp and Rudd keep things unpredictable on this inspired reunion."^[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "This set... makes the years fall away. Both are palpably older and more mellow... The band is a joy for anyone who remembers these guys first time round."^[3]

John Stevenson wrote in All About Jazz: "The CD sizzles with excitement... Reggie Workman... anchors this particular live session with great flair. Ditto Andrew Cyrille who has been grossly overlooked in terms of his contribution to the percussive lexicon... For the more discerning Jazz aficionado, this new Rudd / Shepp collaboration will not disappoint."^[4]

Ben Ratliff of The New York Times remarked: "There's a bit of 1960's redux but a ton of heart on Live in New York... this is a clean, open-form record with well-directed improvising mounted on unobtrusive swinging from the bassist Reggie Workman and the drummer Andrew Cyrille. It's a backward-glancing, days-gone-by record, too, with a lot of phrases in the Shepp and Rudd originals right out of Coltrane and Monk."^[5]

In an article for The New Yorker, Steve Futterman commented: "Live in New York... is a familiar, yet never comfortable, affair. If the rhythms are more polite, the themes more straightforward and bluesy, and the solos far more economical than in years past, the dogged individuality of both players' tones, not to mention their improvisational ploys, marks them as delightfully unrepentant eccentrics."^[6]

Track listings

"Keep Your Heart Right" (Rudd) – 2:13
"Acute Motelitis" (Rudd) – 8:23
"Steam" (Shepp) – 7:33
"Pazuzu" (Rudd) – 8:27
"We Are the Blues" (Baraka) – 5:46
"Ujamma" (Shepp) – 9:16
"Bamako" (Rudd) – 5:46
"Slide by Slide" (Rudd) – 11:57
"Deja Vu" (Shepp) – 3:59
"Hope No 2" (Shepp) – 10:38

Personnel

Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, piano, vocals
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Reggie Workman – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums
Amiri Baraka – poetry

References

^ "Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd: Live in New York". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. "Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd: Live in New York". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. pp. 1290–1291.
^ ^a ^b Stevenson, John (July 1, 2001). "Roswell Rudd / Archie Shepp: Live In New York". All About Jazz. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ Ratliff, Ben (August 27, 2001). "Critic's Choice: Jazz CD's; Looking Backward to Keep Alive". The New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ Futterman, Steve (July 15, 2001). "Éminences Terribles". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

v t e Roswell Rudd
Years listed are for the recording date, not the year of first release
Albums	Roswell Rudd (1965) Everywhere (1966) Numatik Swing Band (with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, 1973) Flexible Flyer (1974) Blown Bone (1976) Inside Job (1976) The Definitive Roswell Rudd (1979) Regeneration (1982) The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 (1996) The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2 (1996) Monk's Dream (with Steve Lacy (saxophonist), 1999) Broad Strokes (2000) Eventuality (with Charlie Kohlhase, 2000) Live in New York (with Archie Shepp, 2000) Malicool (with Toumani Diabaté, 2001) El Espíritu Jíbaro (with Yomo Toro, 2002) Live (with Duck Baker, 2002) Airwalkers (with Mark Dresser, 2004) Blue Mongol (2005) Keep Your Heart Right (2008) Trombone Tribe (2009) The Incredible Honk (2011) Trombone for Lovers (2013) Strength & Power (with Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, and Balázs Pándi, 2014) August Love Song (with Heather Masse, 2016) Embrace with (Fay Victor, Lafayette Harris, and Ken Filiano, 2017)
Related articles	Archie Shepp New York Art Quartet

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