In September 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Fire Music”, the fourth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded February – March 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
• Marion Brown – alto saxophone
• Ted Curson – trumpet
• Joseph Orange – trombone
• Reggie Johnson – double bass
• David Izenzon – double bass
• J.C. Moses – drums
• Joe Chambers – drums
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
• Mel Cheren – cover painting
• Joe Lebow – design
• Robert Flynn – design
• Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

1. Hambone – Archie Shepp
2. Los Olvidados – Archie Shepp
3. Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm – Archie Shepp
4. Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
5. The Girl from Ipanema – Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim