Fire Music

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Fire Music is a landmark 1965 avant-garde jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp, noted for its politically charged themes and innovative, fiery improvisation.

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Fire Music canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album ⓘ
avant-garde jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Archie Shepp ⓘ
associatedMovement Black Arts Movement ⓘ
chronologyPosition early Impulse! Records period of Archie Shepp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception considered a landmark of 1960s avant-garde jazz ⓘ
decade 1960s ⓘ
dedicatedTo Malcolm X ⓘ
featuredInstrument bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
followedBy On This Night ⓘ
format LP record ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
hasCoverVersionOf Prelude to a Kiss ⓘ
The Girl from Ipanema ⓘ
linked to: Garota de Ipanema
hasPart Hambone ⓘ
Los Olvidados ⓘ
Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm ⓘ
Portrait of Robert Thompson (as a Young Man) ⓘ
Prelude to a Kiss ⓘ
The Girl from Ipanema ⓘ
linked to: Garota de Ipanema
hasTrackWithSpokenWord Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm ⓘ
influencedBy John Coltrane ⓘ
Ornette Coleman ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Impulse! A-86 ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
name Fire Music ⓘ
notableWorkOf Archie Shepp ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
performer Archie Shepp ⓘ
politicalTheme Black liberation ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
precededBy Four for Trane ⓘ
producer Bob Thiele ⓘ
recordedAt Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
recordedIn Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
recordLabel Impulse! Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1965 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic collective improvisation ⓘ
extended saxophone techniques ⓘ
fiery improvisation ⓘ
politically charged themes ⓘ

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Archie Shepp → notableWork → Fire Music ⓘ
Fire Music → name → Fire Music ⓘ
On This Night → follows → Fire Music ⓘ
On This Night → precededBy → Fire Music ⓘ