Archie Shepp

Born 1937
from Fort Lauderdale

On fono: 41 songs
19 collaborators
14 cited facts
14 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Freddy Hansson
Engineered by
12 songs
Nils Winther
Produced by
12 songs
Ed Michel
Produced by
10 songs
Kahil El’Zabar
Produced by, Written by
7 songs
Paul Serrano
Engineered by
7 songs
Beaver Harris
Written by
4 songs
Günther Kasper
Engineered by
3 songs
Jean-Paul Bourelly
Written by
3 songs
Walter Quintus
Mixed by
3 songs
Willsingh Wilson
Mixed by
3 songs
Cal Massey
Written by
2 songs
Heiner Rennebaum
Engineered by
2 songs

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Ed Michel produced 7 of Archie Shepp’s top 10 songs
Freddy Hansson is Archie Shepp’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 12 songs
Archie Shepp recorded most at Sweet Silence Studios (12 songs)
Archie Shepp wrote or co-wrote 8 of 41 songs on fono (20%)
Credited songs by Archie Shepp span 45 years, 1968 to 2013 (41 songs)

Top songs

From Attica Blues
1. 1
  Attica Blues
  1972
2. 2
  Blues for Brother George Jackson
  1972
3. 3
  Quiet Dawn
  1972
4. 4
  Good Bye Sweet Pops
  1972
5. 5
  Steam, Part 1
  1972
6. 6
  Steam, Part 2
  1972
7. 7
  Ballad for a Child
  1972
From Soul Song
1. 8
  Geechee
  1982
2. 9
  Mama Rose
  1982
3. 10
  Soul Song
  1982

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Sources (14)

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1MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp Quartet
Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp Quartet
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2MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp Quintet
Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp Quintet
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3MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp–Bill Dixon Quartet
Archie Shepp is a member of Archie Shepp–Bill Dixon Quartet
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4MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Cecil Taylor Quartet
Archie Shepp is a member of Cecil Taylor Quartet
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5MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Cecil Taylor Unit
Archie Shepp is a member of Cecil Taylor Unit
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6MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of New York Contemporary Five
Archie Shepp is a member of New York Contemporary Five
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7MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of Takashi Mizuhashi Quartet
Archie Shepp is a member of Takashi Mizuhashi Quartet
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8MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of The Archie Shepp Septet
Archie Shepp is a member of The Archie Shepp Septet
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9MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of The Don Cherry Quintet
Archie Shepp is a member of The Don Cherry Quintet
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10MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of The Gil Evans Orchestra
Archie Shepp is a member of The Gil Evans Orchestra
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11MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is a member of The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra
Archie Shepp is a member of The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra
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12MusicBrainz Archie Shepp is from Fort Lauderdale
Archie Shepp is from Fort Lauderdale
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13Wikidata The genre of Archie Shepp is jazz
The genre of Archie Shepp is jazz
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14Wikidata The genre of Archie Shepp is post-bop
The genre of Archie Shepp is post-bop
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CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026