Ocean Bridges

Since beginning his jazz career with the Cecil Taylor Quartet in 1960, saxophonist Archie Shepp has sought to illuminate the influence and evolution of the African Diaspora in modern culture in music, literature (as a poet and playwright), and education (he taught university for 30 years).

Ocean Bridges opens with a spoken-word snippet relaying the need for rappers in the studio (and any musician, really) to occasionally