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Rufus (jazz album)

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Rufus
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedAugust 23, 1963
GenreJazz
LabelFontana
Archie Shepp chronology
Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet
(1962)
Rufus
(1963)
Consequences
(1963)
John Tchicai chronology
Rufus
(1963)
Consequences
(1963)

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]

Track listing

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  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

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References

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  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