There's a Trumpet in My Soul

There's a Trumpet in My Soul is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1975 on the Arista Freedom label.

There's a Trumpet in My Soul
Studio album by Archie Shepp
Released	1975
Recorded	April 12, 1975
Studio	Sound Ideas Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Arista Freedom
Producer	Alan Bates, Michael Cuscuna
Archie Shepp chronology
The Cry of My People (1972) There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975) Montreux One (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Two vocals and a poem recitation weigh down the music a bit, although Shepp gets in some good licks. The overall results are not essential, but Archie Shepp was still in his musical prime at the time."[3]

Track listing

1. "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 1: There's a Trumpet in My Soul/Samba da Rua/Zaid, Part 1" (Semenya McCord, Archie Shepp, Charles Greenlee) - 10:29
2. "Down in Brazil" (Roy Burrowes, Beaver Harris) - 10:06
3. "There's a Trumpet in My Soul Suite Part 2: Zaid, Part 2/It Is the Year of the Rabbit/Zaid, Part 3" (Greenlee, Shepp, Greenlee; poem: Bill Hasson) - 17:45

• Recorded in NYC, April 12, 1975

Personnel

• Archie Shepp - tenor and soprano saxophone
• Roy Burrowes, Alden Griggs - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Charles Majid Greenlee - trombone
• Ray Draper - tuba
• Dave Burrell - piano
• Walter Davis Jr. - electric piano
• Brandon Ross - guitar
• Jimmy Garrison, Vishnu Bill Wood - bass
• Beaver Harris - drums
• Abdul Zahir Batin, Nene DeFense - percussion
• Bill Hasson - recitation
• Semenya McCord, Bill Willingham - vocals

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2009.