Tracklist

A1	Damn If I Know (The Stroller)	6:16
A2	Frankenstein	13:51
B1	Fiesta	9:55
B2	Sophisticated Lady	7:08

Companies, etc.

• Designed At – Viceroy

Credits

• Bass – Ron Carter
• Cover – Robert & Barbara Flynn
• Drums – Beaver Harris (tracks: A2, B2), Roy Haynes (tracks: A1, B1)
• Engineer – Bob Simpson
• Photography By – Chuck Stewart
• Piano – Walter Davis Jr.
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur III
• Trumpet – Jimmy Owens

Notes

Blue/green labels.

Cover designed at Viceroy.

Recorded: January 29th, 1968

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	AS-9170	US	1968
SIPL 516	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	SIPL 516	UK	1969
MVCI-23080, AS-9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!, Impulse!	MVCI-23080, AS-9170	Japan	1992
A-9170, A. 9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!, Impulse!	A-9170, A. 9170	France	1969
MIPL-516	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Impulse!	MIPL-516	UK	1969

The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1968. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, Jimmy Owens, Grachan Moncur III, Walter Davis J. Ron Carter, Roy Haynes and Beaver Harris in January 1968 with two additional tracks featuring Charles Davis, Dave Burrell and Walter Booker recorded in February 1969, and first released on Kwanza (1974), added to the CD release.

Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp. Trombone – Grachan Moncur III. Trumpet – Jimmy Owens. Recorded: January 29th, 1968. The Way Ahead ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM). Impulse!, Impulse! MVCI-23080, AS-9170. The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album, Mono).

The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! .

The Way Ahead was a turning point for Archie Shepp. For starters, he had looked all over the jazz/improv arena for the proper combination of players - without a piano. One can speculate that this was because he cut his first teeth with pianist Cecil Taylor, and that could ruin anybody for life. Recorded in 1969, The Way Ahead featured Ron Carter on bass, Grachan Moncur III's trombone, Jimmy Owens' trumpet, and drums by either Beaver Harris or Roy Haynes, with Walter Davis, Jr. on piano.

By: Archie Shepp (1968, Jazz). More albums from Archie Shepp: Down Home New York by Archie Shepp. Rufus by Archie Shepp. On This Night by Archie Shepp. Mama Too Tight by Archie Shepp. Life At The Donaueschingen Music Festival by Archie Shepp. Black Gipsy by Archie Shepp. The World Of Cecil Taylor by Archie Shepp. Live At The Panafrican Festival by Archie Shepp. View all albums . The Way Ahead. By: Archie Shepp (1968, Jazz). 1. Damn If I Know (The Stroller).

Archie Shepp's "The Way Ahead" begins with a half-rythmic bass line played by the one and only Ron Carter while Archie blows some sax burts. From then on there and for the rest of the album, each track continues to build and explore while keeping a vant garde-albums' groove.

The Way Ahead is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1968.

Archie Shepp - Damn If I Know (The Stroller) 06:17. Archie Shepp - Sophisticated Lady 07:07. Archie Shepp - Frankenstein 13:50. Archie Shepp - New Africa 12:55. Archie Shepp - Bakai 10:04. Archie Shepp - Fiesta 09:54. The New York Contemporary Five, 1963 - Archie Shepp. The New York Contemporary Five - Archie Shepp. Attica Blues - Archie Shepp. Looking at Bird - Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Blasé, Live At The Pan - African Festival - Archie Shepp.