Label: Charly / BYG
Reissued 6/16/2023, Originally released 1969
LIMITED LP EDITION 180-GRAM WHITE MARBLED VINYL IN DELUXE MATTE LAMINATE GATEFOLD SLEEVE Original 1969 BYG album, facsimile-edition. Newly mastered to vinyl from original BYG tapes. Lacquers cut by Alchemy Mastering at AIR STUDIOS. Insert with exclusive liner notes by author, and music journalist Kevin Le Gendre ICONIC MUSICIAN AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST MAKES A TYPICALLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING STATEMENT ON HISTORIC 1969 RECORDING. Of all the African-American jazz musicians who arrived in Paris at the end of the ‘60s Saxophonist Archie Shepp was arguably the most influential. Still resident in the French capital to this day, he became an integral part of the European scene and struck fruitful working relationships with the likes of German pianist Joachim Kuhn. Shepp also recorded important albums for BYG, and Yasmina, A Black Woman is one of the most compelling from both an intellectual and musical point of view.
Track listing:
- Yasmina
- Sonny's Back
- Body and Soul