Archie shepp
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Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz
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Foskett, Brian; Archie Shepp (b.1937), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1996; National Jazz Archive; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/archie-shepp-b-1937-queen-elizabeth-hall-london-1996-312922
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US jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp poses during a photo session in Paris on February 5, 2021. - At the age of 83, legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp releases "Let my people go", an album in which this storyteller digests the great classics forming the basis of Afro-American music history. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Archie-Shepp-5533926/871960179.jpg)
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US jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp poses during a photo session in Paris on February 5, 2021. - At the age of 83, legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp releases "Let my people go", an album in which this storyteller digests the great classics forming the basis of Afro-American music history. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)
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American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp backstage Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1967. (Photo by Jan Persson/Getty Images)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Archie-Shepp-5533924/3663053037.jpg)
Archie Shepp
American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp backstage Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1967. (Photo by Jan Persson/Getty Images)
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US jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp poses during a photo session in Paris on February 5, 2021. - At the age of 83, legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp releases "Let my people go", an album in which this storyteller digests the great classics forming the basis of Afro-American music history. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Archie-Shepp-5533911/3794275256.jpg)
FRANCE-PORTRAIT-MUSIC
US jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp poses during a photo session in Paris on February 5, 2021. - At the age of 83, legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp releases "Let my people go", an album in which this storyteller digests the great classics forming the basis of Afro-American music history. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)