Jazz Saxophone in November on Mezzo! Tonight at 8:30PM (CET) - Archie Shepp, David Murray, Hamid Drake - https://bit.ly/3HgUrG9 | Mezzo

What can you say when the legendary saxophone player Archie Shepp sings the blues in that hoarse voice, giving off a strange mixture of wounded violence and nostalgia? The performances include "Dedication to Bessie Smith Blues," "Mama Rose/Revolution" (along with Mike Ladd’s spoken word variation) and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans,” in which Shepp begins singing with the line “On the Bayou.” On tenor and soprano saxophones, Shepp breaks down our preconceived notions, flipping th