California Meeting: Live on Broadway

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California Meeting: Live on Broadway
File:California Meeting.jpg
Live album by
Released1987
RecordedMay 22, 1985
GenreJazz
Length40:53
LabelSoul Note
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Archie Shepp chronology
The Good Life
(1984)
California Meeting: Live on Broadway
(1987)
Little Red Moon
(1985)

California Meeting: Live on Broadway is a live album by the American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Archie Shepp recordings in the 1980s are hit and miss; this is one of the more interesting ones... Not essential but this CD is worth picking up by Archie Shepp's fans".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star half.svg[3]

Track listing

  1. "St. James Infirmary" (Traditional) – 7:20
  2. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 13:42
  3. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 6:54
  4. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 12:27
    • Recorded at The On Broadway Bar & Cafe in Sacramento, California on May 22, 1985

Personnel

References

  1. Archie Shepp discography accessed July 20, 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 18, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1290. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.