Linear B (album) explained

Linear B
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Joe McPhee Po Music
Cover:	Linear B.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	January 9–12, 1990 at Radio DRS Zurich, Switzerland.
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:04
Label:	HatHut hat ART CD 6057
Producer:	Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:	Joe McPhee
Prev Title:	Songs and Dances
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Élan • Impulse
Next Year:	1991

Linear B is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1990 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick states "Linear B covers enough of McPhee's stylistic oeuvre, and is fine enough in and of itself, to make it an excellent introduction to his work. Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

1. "Love Life" - 9:59
2. "Make a Circle" - 7:35
3. "Linear B" - 4:39
4. "Say That to Say This" - 5:14
5. "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) - 10:25
6. "Little Piece 1" - 2:05
7. "Little Piece 2" - 2:20
8. "Little Piece 3" - 2:16
9. "Little Piece 4" - 2:01
10. "Little Piece 5" - 2:16
11. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:44
12. "Imagine a World Without Art" - 5:52
13. "Voices" - 6:38

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, soprano saxophone, electronics
• André Jaume - clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 8 & 12)
• Urs Leimgruber - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 4)
• Christy Doran (tracks 7 & 13), Raymond Boni (tracks 1, 5, 9, 12 & 13) - guitar
• Léon Francioli - bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 11-13)
• Fritz Hauser - drums (tracks 1-3, 5-10 & 12)

Notes and References

1. http://joemcphee.com/linear-b.html Joe McPhee discography