Características
Eloquent and controversial, tenor saxophonist, composer and vocalist Archie Shepp was a passionate advocate of "free jazz" in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1990s, he surprised Japanese jazz fans with a series of ballad albums on Venus Records, starting with 'Blue Ballads' in 1995 and 'True Ballads' in 1996.
Side A
1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. Nature Boy
3. Everything Must Change
Side B
4. Shadow Of Your Smile
5. Violets For Your Furs
Side C
1. Yesterdays
2. Here's That Rainy Day
Side D
3. This Masquerade
4. La Rosita
5. Strangers In The Night