Rufus (jazz album)

Rufus is an album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore and drummer J. C. Moses. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1963.[1] This group with the addition of trumpeter Don Cherry became known as the New York Contemporary Five and released Consequences for which this album appears to have been a pilot.[2]

Rufus
Studio album by John Tchicai & Archie Shepp
Released	1963
Recorded	August 23, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Fontana
Archie Shepp chronology
Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet (1962) Rufus (1963) Consequences (1963)
John Tchicai chronology
Rufus (1963) Consequences (1963)

Track listing

1. "Rufus" (Archie Shepp) - 11:18
2. "Nettus" (John Tchicai) - 12:36
3. "Hoppin'" (Tchicai) - 7:10
4. "For Helved" (Tchicai) - 12:16
5. "Funeral" (Shepp) - 5:05

Recorded in New York City on August 23, 1963.

Personnel

• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
• John Tchicai: alto saxophone
• Don Moore: bass
• J. C. Moses: drums

References

1. Schonfield, V. Rufus liner notes accessed 31 July 2009
2. Young, B. (1998) Dixonia: a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, Greenwood Publishing Group, pg. 63