Steam (Archie Shepp album)

Steam is a live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nuremberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976 and released on the Enja label.

Steam
Live album by Archie Shepp
Released	1976
Recorded	May 14, 1976
Venue	Jazz Ost-West Festival, Nuremberg
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:33
Label	Enja
Producer	Horst Weber, Matthias Winckelmann
Archie Shepp chronology
Bijou (1975) Steam (1976) Hi-Fly (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Village Voice	A–[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds pretty strong at what was for him a fairly late period, displaying his distinctive raspy tone and what were for him some typically emotional ideas".[4]

Track listing

1. "A Message from Trane" (Cal Massey) - 18:58
2. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 11:40
3. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 14:29 Bonus track on CD
4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 8:06 Bonus track on CD
5. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) - 9:23
6. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) - 0:57

• Recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nuremberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976

Personnel

• Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, piano
• Cameron Brown - bass
• Beaver Harris - drums

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. Christgau, Robert (June 26, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 29 July 2009.