Oleo (Joe McPhee album)

Oleo is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1982 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1983 it was rereleased on CD in 1992 as Oleo & A Future Retrospective with bonus tracks recorded later that evening.[1]

Oleo
Studio album by
Joe McPhee Po Music
Released1983
RecordedAugust 2, 1982 at Foundation Artist House in Boswil, Switzerland.
GenreJazz
Length42:35
LabelHatHut hat MUSICS 3514
ProducerPia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Topology
(1981)		 Oleo
(1983)		 Visitation
(1983)
Oleo & A Future Retrospective Cover

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick states "It remains not only a wonderful session in its own right but also one of the more approachable entries into this superior musician's realm. Highly recommended".[2] All About Jazz writer Clifford Allen said "McPhee has hit on a central concept in jazz and improvised music with his engagement of lateral thinking. Improvisation, for it to be successful, must occur on an equal level between participants, a conversation in one room, at one table, even if the plates and silverware differ. The fact that this session is somewhat hit-or-miss does not defer from the notion of Po Music, for ebb and flow must include failures as well as successes".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

  1. "Oleo" [Take 1] (Sonny Rollins) - 5:25
  2. "Pablo" - 8:54
  3. "Future Retrospective" - 7:00
  4. "Astral Spirits" - 7:12
  5. "Oleo" [Take 2] (Rollins) - 4:37
  6. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 3:26
  7. "Ann Kahlé" - 5:41
  8. "When You Hear Music" - 8:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "After It's Over" - 7:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "It's Gone In the Air" - 11:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "You Can Never Capture It Again" - 7:43 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References
  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. Olewnick, Brian. Oleo & A Future Retrospective – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. Allen, C., All About Jazz Review October 19, 2004
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