Hi-Fly (Karin Krog and Archie Shepp album)

Hi-Fly
Studio album by Karin Krog and Archie Shepp
Released	1976
Recorded	June 23, 1976
Studio	Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Vocal jazz, Jazz
Length	48:07
Label	Compendium Records
Producer	Frode Holm, Karin Krog
Karin Krog chronology
Different Days, Different Ways (1974) Hi-Fly (1976) Three's a Crowd (1977)
Archie Shepp chronology
Steam (1976) Hi-Fly (1976) Force: Sweet Mao - Suid Africa '76 (1976)

Hi-Fly is a 1976 album by jazz singer Karin Krog and saxophonist Archie Shepp. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album four and a half stars with reviewer Michael G. Nastos writing that "All standards interpreted innovatively." ^[1]

The Rough Guide to Jazz wrote that "Krog is impressive with Shepp, surviving a sometimes overbearing context and making an exquisite job of Carla Bley's "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" for which Krog wrote her own lyrics". ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" (Carla Bley, Karin Krog) – 6:21
2. "Steam" (Archie Shepp) – 8:07
3. "Day Dream" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John La Touche) – 9:26
4. "(In My) Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 3:34
5. "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 14:01
6. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 6:38

Personnel

• Karin Krog – vocals
• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
• Charles Greenlee – trombone
• Jon Balke – piano
• Arild Andersen – double bass
• Cameron Brown – single bass
• Beaver Harris – drums

References

1. "Hi-Fly". AllMusic . Retrieved March 9, 2015.
2. "Karin Krog, Archie Shepp – Hi-Fly". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 846. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Ian Carr; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz . Rough Guides. pp.  109–. ISBN   978-1-84353-256-9.