Released 1983 Release date 1983 | Length 42:35 Label hatOLOGY | |
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Producer Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger | ||
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.
Contents
Reception
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". 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".
Track listing
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
- "Oleo" [Take 1] (Sonny Rollins) - 5:25
- "Pablo" - 8:54
- "Future Retrospective" - 7:00
- "Astral Spirits" - 7:12
- "Oleo" [Take 2] (Rollins) - 4:37
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 3:26
- "Ann Kahlé" - 5:41
- "When You Hear Music" - 8:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "After It's Over" - 7:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "It's Gone In the Air" - 11:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "You Can Never Capture It Again" - 7:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Oleo (Take 1)5:25
2Pablo8:50
3Future Retrospective6:40