Mama Too Tight

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Mama Too Tight is a 1966 avant-garde jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp, known for its politically charged themes and innovative large-ensemble arrangements.

All labels observed (2)

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Mama Too Tight canonical 3
Mama Too Tight (Impulse! album cover) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf album ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Archie Shepp ⓘ
associatedWith 1960s politically conscious jazz ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Black Arts Movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresInstrument alto saxophone ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
tuba ⓘ
followedBy The Magic of Ju-Ju ⓘ
follows On This Night ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
hasCoverArt Mama Too Tight (Impulse! album cover) ⓘ
linked to: Mama Too Tight
hasCriticalReception praised for its arrangements and intensity ⓘ
hasTrack A Portrait of Robert Thompson (as a Young Man) ⓘ
Basheer ⓘ
Mama Too Tight ⓘ
Theme for Ernie ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Impulse! A-9134 ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 37 minutes ⓘ
notableFor integration of free jazz and structured writing ⓘ
large-ensemble arrangements ⓘ
politically charged themes ⓘ
partOf Archie Shepp discography ⓘ
performer Archie Shepp ⓘ
precededBy On This Night ⓘ
producer Bob Thiele ⓘ
recordedAt Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ
Rudy Van Gelder Studio ⓘ
linked to: Van Gelder Studio
recordedIn 1966 ⓘ
recordLabel Impulse! Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966 ⓘ
side Side A ⓘ
Side B ⓘ
trackNumber 1 on original LP ⓘ
2 on original LP ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archie Shepp → notableWork → Mama Too Tight ⓘ
The Magic of Ju-Ju → follows → Mama Too Tight ⓘ
Mama Too Tight → hasTrack → Mama Too Tight ⓘ
Mama Too Tight → hasCoverArt → Mama Too Tight (Impulse! album cover) ⓘ
linked to: Mama Too Tight