Rufus is an album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore and drummer J. C. Moses. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1963.[1] This group with the addition of trumpeter Don Cherry became known as the New York Contemporary Five and released Consequences for which this album appears to have been a ”pilot”[2]

Rufus
Studio album by John Tchicai & Archie Shepp
Released	1963
Recorded	August 23, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Fontana
Archie Shepp chronology
Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet (1962) Rufus (1963) Consequences (1963)
John Tchicai chronology
Rufus (1963) Consequences (1963)

Track listing

1. "Rufus" (Archie Shepp) - 11:18
2. "Nettus" (John Tchicai) - 12:36
3. "Hoppin'" (Tchicai) - 7:10
4. "For Helved" (Tchicai) - 12:16
5. "Funeral" (Shepp) - 5:05

Recorded in New York City on August 23, 1963.

Personnel

• Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone
• John Tchicai: alto saxophone
• Don Moore: bass
• J. C. Moses: drums

References