Rufus is an album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore and drummer J. C. Moses. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1963.[1] This group with the addition of trumpeter Don Cherry became known as the New York Contemporary Five and released Consequences for which this album appears to have been a "pilot".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Rufus" (Archie Shepp) - 11:18
  2. "Nettus" (John Tchicai) - 12:36
  3. "Hoppin'" (Tchicai) - 7:10
  4. "For Helved" (Tchicai) - 12:16
  5. "Funeral" (Shepp) - 5:05
Recorded in New York City on August 23, 1963.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Schonfield, V. Rufus liner notes accessed 31 July 2009
  2. ^ Young, B. (1998) Dixonia: a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, Greenwood Publishing Group, pg. 63
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