Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5

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Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 is an album released on the Savoy label originally featuring one LP side by Bill Dixon's septet and one LP side by the New York Contemporary Five featuring saxophonist Archie Shepp. The album resulted from Dixon and Shepp's contractual obligations to provide Savoy Records with a second album after the Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet (1962) but following a professional separation.

Track listing

1. "Winter Song 1964: Section I, Letters A, B, C, D" (Bill Dixon) - 1:30
2. "Winter Song 1964: Section II, Letter E" (Dixon) - 0:47
3. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" (Dixon) - 9:17
4. "Winter Song 1964: Section IV, Letter G" (Dixon) - 0:46
5. "Winter Song 1964: Section V, Letter H Played Three Times" (Dixon) - 1:49
6. "Coda" (Dixon) - 0:31
7. "The 12th December" (Dixon) - 3:20
8. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" [alternate take] (Dixon) - 7:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Winter Song 1964: Section III, Letter F" [alternate study] (Dixon) - 9:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Where Poppies Bloom (Where Poppies Blow)" (Archie Shepp) - 7:47
11. "Like a Blessed Baby Lamb" (Shepp) - 9:27
12. "Consequences" (Don Cherry) - 4:55

Recorded at Savoy Studios, Newark on March 4, 1964 (tracks 1-9) and New York City on February 5, 1964 (tracks 10-12).

Personnel

Side A

• Bill Dixon: trumpet (tracks 1-9)
• Ken McIntyre: alto saxophone, oboe (tracks 1-9)
• George Barrow: tenor saxophone (tracks 1-9)
• Howard Johnson: tuba, baritone saxophone (tracks 1-9)
• David Izenzon: bass (tracks 1-9)
• Hal Dodson: bass (tracks 1-9)
• Howard McRae: drums (tracks 1-9)

Side B

• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone (tracks 10-12)
• John Tchicai: alto saxophone (tracks 10-12)
• Ted Curson: trumpet (tracks 10 & 11)
• Don Cherry: trumpet (track 12)
• Ronnie Boykins: bass (tracks 10-12)
• Sunny Murray: drums (tracks 10-12)