Finger Wigglers Explained

Finger Wigglers
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Michael Bisio and Joe McPhee
Cover:	Finger Wrigglers.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	September 18 & 19, 1996 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	62:55
Label:	CIMP CIMP 132
Producer:	Robert D. Rusch
Chronology:	Joe McPhee
Prev Title:	Inside Out
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Specific Gravity
Next Year:	1997

Finger Wigglers is an album by bassist Michael Bisio and multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in 1996 and first released on the CIMP label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow states "This set will not convert listeners strictly into straight-ahead jazz, but it is a fine all-round outing for McPhee and the supportive bassist Bisio".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

1. "Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) - 11:00
2. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:53
3. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 8:38
4. "Running Out of Time" - 4:17
5. "Malachi" - 5:46
6. "Going Home" (Traditional) - 6:20
7. "Walking Out" (Michael Bisio) - 8:44
8. "Lonely Woman" [Take 2] (Coleman) - 8:34

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone
• Michael Bisio - bass

Notes and References

1. http://joemcphee.com/finger-wigglers.html Joe McPhee discography