Tenor (album)

Tenor
Tenor
Live album by Joe McPhee
Released	1977
Recorded	September 1 & 2, 1976 at Michael Overhage's farmhouse in Adlemsried, Switzerland and October 8, 1977 at Palais des Glaces in Paris, France (Bonus track)
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:03
Label	HatHut hat HUT C
Producer	Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Tenor & Fallen Angels Cover

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]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Personnel[]

Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone

References[]

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

[Joe_McPhee_discography-1] Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Tenor/Fallen Angels – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2015.

[AAJ-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Astarita, G., All About Jazz Review, May 1, 2000

[Penguin-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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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Live albums	Underground Railroad (1969) Nation Time (1971) Black Magic Man (1971) At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (1971) Trinity (1972) Rotation (1976) The Willisau Concert (1976) Tenor (1977) Graphics (1977) Variations on a Blue Line (1977) Glasses (1977) MFG in Minnesota (1978) Élan • Impulse (1991) McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995) Common Threads (1995) Specific Gravity (1997) The Dream Book (1998) Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom (1999) Manhattan Tango (2000) Port of Saints (2000) Voices & Dreams (2000) Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore (2000) Remembrance (2001) In Finland (2004) Guts (2007) What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012)
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