Things Have Got to Change

Things Have Got to Change
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedMay 17, 1971
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:42
LabelImpulse!
ProducerEd Michel
Archie Shepp chronology
Doodlin'
(1971)
Things Have Got to Change
(1971)
Attica Blues
(1972)
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Allmusic[1]

Things Have Got to Change is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album features a performance by Shepp with a large ensemble and vocal choir. The album "solidified the saxophonists reputation as a soulful, yet radical free jazz artist motivated by social commentary and cultural change".[2]

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Verve website accessed 25 June 2009.