“It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz.” PoliticalInterestingRightsMovementRevolutionBecomingExcitingJazzCivil RightsArtisticEstablishmentCivil Rights MovementCivil Right Movement Author:Archie Shepp
“Music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential.” CultureJazzExistential Author:Archie Shepp
“In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is that the kind of music I played in the '60's is completely dismissed in this country as a wrong turn, a suicidal effort.” PeopleKindLongImportantCountryLastsAmericaTurnsResultsEffortMusicJazzSuicidalJazz MusicColtraneWrong Turn Author:Archie Shepp
