Blasé (album)

Blasé
Studio album by
Archie Shepp
Released1969
RecordedAugust 16, 1969
StudioStudios Davout, Paris, France
GenreJazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, jazz poetry
LabelBYG Actuel Vol. 18
CDGR 292-2 (CD re-issue)
ProducerJean Georgakarakos, Jean-Luc Young
Archie Shepp chronology
Poem for Malcolm
(1969) 		Blasé
(1969) 		Black Gipsy
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Blasé is an album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in Europe in 1969 for the BYG Actuel label.

Reception

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth named the title track as one of his favorite songs of all time.[2]

Pitchfork listed the album at 145 in its 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Archie Shepp, except where noted.

  1. "My Angel" – 10:08
  2. "Blasé" – 10:25
  3. "There Is a Balm in Gilead" (Traditional; arranged by Archie Shepp) – 5:57
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:11
  5. "Touareg" – 9:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blasé at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kaye, Ben. "Here are Thurston Moore's favorite songs of all time". Consequence. Consequence Media. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ Randle, Chris. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Conde Nast. Retrieved 20 December 2023.