Archie Shepp. In an apartment with his band, New York, 1964

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Archie Shepp in an apartment with his band, New York, 1964

Archie Shepp (by name Archie Vernon Shepp) was an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1962s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
He studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before narrowing his focus to tenor saxophone. He occasionally plays soprano saxophone as well.

b. May 14, 1937 in Fort Lauderdale.

Don Cherry (by name Donald Eugene Cherry) was American jazz trumpeter. Cherry had a long association with free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
In the 1970s, Cherry became a pioneer in world fusion music, drawing on traditional African, Middle Eastern, and Hindustani music. He was a member of the ECM group Codona, along with percussionist Naná Vasconcelos and sitar and tabla player Collin Walcott. AllMusic called him "one of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century.

b. November 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
d. October 19, 1995 in Malaga, Spain.

Ted Curson (by name Theodore Curson) was an American jazz trumpeter. Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's father, however, wanted him to play alto saxophone like Louis Jordan. When he was ten, he gained his first trumpet.

b. June 3, 1935 in Philadelphia.
d. November 4, 2012 in Montclair, New Jersey.

John Tchicai (by name John Martin Tchicai) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father. The family moved to Aarhus, where he studied violin when young, and in his mid-teens began playing clarinet and alto saxophone, focusing on the latter. By the late 1950s, he was travelling around northern Europe, playing with many musicians.

b. April 28, 1936 in Copenhagen, Danmark.
d. October 8, 2012 in Perpignan, France.

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