| Attica Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | January 24–26, 1972 | |||
| Studio | A&R Recording, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, big band, jazz poetry, funk | |||
| Label | Impulse! AS-9222 | |||
| Producer | Ed Michel | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| Pitchfork | 9.3/10[5] |
Attica Blues is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title refers to the Attica Prison riots.[6]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Davis, Stephen (August 17, 1972). "Archie Shepp - Attica Blues". Rolling Stone. No. 115. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 179. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1290. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Chinen, Nate. "Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Bergstrom, John (1 April 2014). "Archie Shepp / Attica Blues Orchestra - I Hear the Sound". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 January 2016.