Things Have Got to Change
# Things Have Got to Change

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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".

## Track listing

* "Money Blues, Parts 1 - 3" (Beaver Harris, Archie Shepp) - 18:20
* "Dr. King, The Peaceful Warrior" (Cal Massey) - 2:29
* "Things Have Got to Change, Parts 1 and 2" (Massey) - 16:53

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1971.

## Personnel

* Archie Shepp: tenor and soprano saxophone
* James Spaulding: alto saxophone, piccolo
* Roy Burrows, Ted Daniel: trumpet
* Charles Greenlee, Grachan Moncur III: trombone
* Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone
* Dave Burrell: electric piano
* Billy Butler, David Spinozza: guitar
* Roland Wilson: electric bass
* Beaver Harris: drums
* Ollie Anderson, Hetty "Bunchy" Fox, Calo Scott, Juma Sultan: percussion
* Joe Lee Wilson: lead vocal
* Anita Branham, Claudette Brown, Barbara Parsons, Ernestina Parsons, Jody Shayne, Anita Shepp, Johnny Shepp, Sharon Shepp: vocals
