For Losers / Kwanza

Who played on For Losers / Kwanza

• Archie Shepp soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone all tracks
• Beaver Harris drums (drum set) on 6 tracks
• Clarence Sharpe alto saxophone on 5 tracks
• Cedar Walton piano on 4 tracks
• Charles Davis baritone saxophone on 4 tracks
• Dave Burrell organ, piano on 4 tracks
• Jimmy Owens trumpet on 4 tracks
• Matthew Gee trombone on 4 tracks
• Wilbur Ware double bass on 4 tracks
• Woody Shaw trumpet on 4 tracks
• Cecil Payne flute, baritone saxophone on 3 tracks
• Albert Winston double bass, electric bass guitar on 2 tracks
• Andy Bey piano on 2 tracks
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
• Bert Payne guitar on 2 tracks
• Bob Bushnell electric bass guitar on 2 tracks
• Doris Troy background vocals on 2 tracks
• James Spaulding alto saxophone on 2 tracks
• Joe Chambers drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
• Leon Thomas vocals on 2 tracks
• Martin Banks flugelhorn, trumpet on 2 tracks
• Robin Kenyatta flute, alto saxophone on 2 tracks
• Tasha Thomas background vocals on 2 tracks
• Wally Richardson guitar on 2 tracks
• Walter Booker double bass on 2 tracks
• Grachan Moncur III trombone on 1 track

Tracklist

1. 1 Stick ’em Up 2:06
2. 2 Abstract 4:23
3. 3 I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) standard — Duke Ellington 5:17
4. 4 What Would It Be Without You — Cal Massey 4:07
5. 5 Un Croque Monsieur (Poem: For Losers) 21:50
6. 6 Back Back 5:46
7. 7 Spoo Pee Doo 2:38
8. 8 New Africa 12:48
9. 9 Slow Drag 10:09
10. 10 Bakai — Cal Massey 9:58

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