Things Have Got to Change is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album features a performance by Shepp with a large ensemble and vocal choir. The album "solidified the saxophonists reputation as a soulful, yet radical free jazz artist motivated by social commentary and cultural change".[2]

Things Have Got to Change
Studio album by Archie Shepp
Released	1971
Recorded	May 17, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:42
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Ed Michel
Archie Shepp chronology
Doodlin' (1971) Things Have Got to Change (1971) Attica Blues (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Money Blues, Parts 1 - 3" (Beaver Harris, Archie Shepp) - 18:20
2. "Dr. King, The Peaceful Warrior" (Cal Massey) - 2:29
3. "Things Have Got to Change, Parts 1 and 2" (Massey) - 16:53

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1971.

Personnel

• Archie Shepp: tenor and soprano saxophone
• James Spaulding: alto saxophone, piccolo
• Roy Burrows, Ted Daniel: trumpet
• Charles Greenlee, Grachan Moncur III: trombone
• Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone
• Dave Burrell: electric piano
• Billy Butler, David Spinozza: guitar
• Roland Wilson: electric bass
• Beaver Harris: drums
• Ollie Anderson, Hetty "Bunchy" Fox, Calo Scott, Juma Sultan: percussion
• Joe Lee Wilson: lead vocal
• Anita Branham, Claudette Brown, Barbara Parsons, Ernestina Parsons, Jody Shayne, Anita Shepp, Johnny Shepp, Sharon Shepp: vocals

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