Tenor (album)

Tenor is a live solo album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1976 it was the third album released on the Swiss HatHut label and was rereleased on CD in 2000 as Tenor & Fallen Angels with a bonus track.[1]

Tenor
Live album by
Joe McPhee
Released1977
RecordedSeptember 1 & 2, 1976 at Michael Overhage's farmhouse in Adlemsried, Switzerland and October 8, 1977 at Palais des Glaces in Paris, France (Bonus track)
GenreJazz
Length35:03
LabelHatHut hat HUT C
ProducerWerner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
The Willisau Concert
(1975)		 Tenor
(1977)		 Rotation
(1977)
Tenor & Fallen Angels Cover

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy stated "McPhee was (and is) a master of new sounds. He trailblazes paths, unafraid of consequences, devoid of cliches. His improvisations incorporate squeaks and squeals, but also bop-like stabs and outrageously radical runs that scream for attention. McPhee has come a long way since this major recording, but this still remains one of the best solo tenor albums of avant-garde jazz".[2] On All About Jazz writer Glen Astarita noted "Tenor & Fallen Angels is a brilliant portraiture of a musician who is sharing his sentiments, visualizations and artistic spirit for the entire world to hear! - Essential".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as “packed with rich ideas.”[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

  1. "Knox" - 8:34
  2. "Good-Bye Tom B." - 6:34
  3. "Sweet Dragon" - 5:35
  4. "Tenor" - 23:26
  5. "Fallen Angels" - 14:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References
  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. Loewy, Steve. Tenor/Fallen Angels – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. Astarita, G., All About Jazz Review, May 1, 2000
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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