Moods: Playing with the Elements

Moods: Playing with the Elements
Moods: Playing with the Elements
Studio album by Trio X
Released	2005
Recorded	October 20 & 21, 2004 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:30
Label	CIMP CIMP 328
Producer	Bob Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology

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]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Personnel[]

Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet
Dominic Duval - bass
Jay Rosen - drums

References[]

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

[Joe_McPhee_discography-1] Joe McPhee discography accessed April 30, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Moods: Playing with the Elements – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

[Penguin-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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Trio X	Rapture (1999) The Watermelon Suite (1999) On Tour (2001) In Black and White (2002) Journey (2003) The Sugar Hill Suite (2004) Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005) Roulette at Location One (2005) Air: Above and Beyond (2006)