Mama Too Tight
Mama Too Tight is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1967. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Tommy Turrentine, Grachan Moncur III, Roswell Rudd, Howard Johnson, Perry Robinson, Charlie Haden and Beaver Harris in August 1966. Reception. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp had hit his stride here compositionally... lots of free blowing, angry bursts of energy, and shouts of pure revelry are balanced with Ellingtonian elegance and restraint that was considerable enough to let the lyric line float through and encourage more improvisation. This is Shepp at his level  best." Track listing. Side 1 1. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (as a young man) Introducing a) Prelude to a Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) b) The Break Strain-King Cotton (public domain) c) Dem Basses (public domain) - 18:57 Side 2 1. Mama Too Tight - 5:25 2. Theme for Ernie (Fred Lacey) - 3:21 3. Basheer - 10:38