For Losers

Archie Shepp

Impulse

Tracks recorded with a number of line-ups in 1968 and 1969. Wally Richardson plays on one track.

Tracks

• Stick 'Em Up (Shepp)
• Abstract (Shepp)
• I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Ellington / Webster)
• What Would It Be Without You (Massey)
• Un Croque Monsieur (Shepp)

• Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Martin Banks - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Owens - trumpet
• Woody Shaw - trumpet
• Matthew Gee - trombone
• Grachan Moncur III - trombone
• Robin Kenyatta - alto saxophone, flute
• James Spaulding- alto saxophone
• Clarence Sharpe - alto saxophone
• Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
• Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
• Andrew Bey - piano
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Dave Burrell - organ
• Bert Payne - guitar
• Wally Richardson - guitar (on Abstract)
• Albert Winston - bass
• Bob Bushnell - bass
• Wilbur Ware - bass
• Beaver Harris - drums
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Joe Chambers - drums
• Beaver Harris - drums
• Leon Thomas - lead vocals
• Tasha Thomas, Doris Troy - vocals
• China-Lin Sharpe - vocals

The For Losers album was subsequently included on;

• For Loser / Kwanza, Archie Shepp, 2011

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