Moods: Playing with the Elements

Moods: Playing with the Elements is an album performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Trio X recorded in 2002 and first released on the CIMP label.[1]

Moods: Playing with the Elements
Studio album by
Trio X
Released2005
RecordedOctober 20 & 21, 2004 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
GenreJazz
Length71:30
LabelCIMP CIMP 328
ProducerBob Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology
The Sugar Hill Suite
(2004)		 Moods: Playing with the Elements
(2005)		 Roulette at Location One
(2005)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy states "While there are some wonderful moments on this recording -- McPhee's astonishing sax solo and Rosen's muscular backing on "Wegatchie Run" come to mind—as a whole this set is not as consistently compelling as others in the oeuvre of the group".[2] In JazzTimes Marc Masters wrote "On Moods, McPhee stretches further, playing flugelhorn and pocket trumpet, plus more rippling tenor sax. The trio's patterns also widen: often, one player will retreat completely".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen except as indicated

  1. "Sienna Sun" - 8:00
  2. "Wegatchie Run" - 7:22
  3. "Burning Wood" - 11:21
  4. "Dedicated to You, Joe" (Dominic Duval) - 3:51
  5. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 6:07
  6. "In Evidence" - 3:39
  7. "Lonely Woman" - 2:55
  8. "Short Eyes" - 4:18
  9. "Legacy" - 5:23
  10. "Voices" (Joe McPhee) - 7:38
  11. "A Valentine in the Fog of War" - 10:56

Personnel

References
  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 30, 2015
  2. Loewy, Steve. Moods: Playing with the Elements – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Masters, M., Jazztimes Review, January/February 2006
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