Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp in Warsaw, 2008
Background information
Born	(1937-05-24) May 24, 1937 (age 87) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Genres	Jazz, free jazz, avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Saxophone, Piano
Years active	1960–present
Labels	Impulse!, SteepleChase, DENON, BYG Actuel
Website	www.archieshepp.com

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist.^[1] He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor.

With 1972's Attica Blues and The Cry of My People, he spoke out for civil rights; the former album was a response to the Attica Prison riots.

Shepp was also a professor of African-American Studies at SUNY in Buffalo, New York.^[2]

• Official site
• Stewart Smith, "Archie Shepp interview", Summerhall, July 31, 2012.
• Phil Freeman, "Interview: Archie Shepp on John Coltrane, the Blues and More" Archived 2015-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, Red Bull Music Academy, August 25, 2014.
• Archie Shepp on IMDb

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