8. Archie Shepp – Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm (Archie Shepp)
von: Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965; CD: MCA, 1995)
A song
Is not what it seems
A tune, perhaps
Bird
whistled while even America
listened
We play
but we aren’t always dumb
We are murdered
in amphitheaters
On the podia of the Audubon
The Earl
Philadelphia, nineteen forty five
Malcolm – My People,
Dear God
Malcolm!
Archie Shepps Hommage an Malcolm X, der am 19. Februar 1965 im Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan erschossen wurde – auf dem Photo der abgesperrte Tatort. Die Band: Archie Shepp (ts, voc), David Izenzon (b), J. C. Moses (d) – aufgenommen 1965 im Studio von Rudy Van Gelder.
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