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Old Eyes

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Released
  
1980

Label
  
HatHut hat HUT 1RO~1

Release date
  
1980

Length
  
74:42

Artist
  
Joe McPhee

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
May 30, 1979 in Paris, France and January 9, 1990 at Studio 2 Radio DRS, in Zurich, Switzerland (Bonus tracks)

Producer
  
Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger

Old Eyes (1979)
  
Tales and Prophecies (1981)

Similar
  
The Willisau Concert, Black Magic Man, Variations on a Blue Line, As Serious As Your Life, Windward Passages

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Old Eyes is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1979 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1980. It was rereleased on CD in 1992 as Old Eyes & Mysteries with bonus tracks recorded in 1990.

Contents

Joe mcphee old eyes for ornette colman


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

  1. "Eroc Tinu" - 4:00
  2. "Land Dance" - 12:45
    1. "P / G / G"
    2. "BCL / Cello""
    3. "B / DM"
    4. "TS / TS"
  3. "Old Eyes" - 8:50
  4. "Django" (John Lewis) - 14:25
  5. "No Line" - 3:05
  6. "Strings" - 7:10
  7. "Women's Mysteries: Woman of Darkness" - 8:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Women's Mysteries: Woman of Passion" - 4:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Women's Mysteries: Woman of Lotus" - 5:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Women's Mysteries: Woman of Skies" - 5:28 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Urs Leimgruber - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 7-10)
  • AndrĂ© Jaume - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1-6)
  • Raymond Boni, Steve Gnitka - guitar (tracks 1-6)
  • Jean-Charles Capon - cello (tracks 1-6)
  • Pierre-Yves Sorin - bass (tracks 1-6)
  • Milo Fine - piano, drums (tracks 1-6)

    • References

    Old Eyes Wikipedia
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