“So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him.Quote by Archie SheppTopics: Quotes about Archie SheppShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment...#Archie Shepp
And when I met Cecil Taylor it was a complete transformation of musical identities. All...#Archie Shepp
I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive...#Archie Shepp
Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a...#Archie Shepp
A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.#Archie Shepp
In America, for a brief time, people who followed Coltrane were studied and considered important,...#Archie Shepp
