The Brass City Explained

The Brass City
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop
Cover:	The_Brass_City.jpg
Released:	1999
Recorded:	October 23, 1997
Studio:	Airwave (Chicago)
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	58:44
Label:	Okka Disk OD12025
Producer:	Jeb Bishop and Joe McPhee
Chronology:	Joe McPhee
Prev Title:	Specific Gravity
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Chicago Tenor Duets
Next Year:	2002

The Brass City is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Joslyn Layne states "The Brass City finds jazz original Joe McPhee and trombonist Jeb Bishop engaging in an interplay of extended techniques and freed-up structures."

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop

1. "The Brass City I" - 12:17
2. "The Brass City II" - 3:44
3. "The Brass City III" - 2:16
4. "The Brass City IV" - 7:16
5. "The Brass City V" - 4:44
6. "The Brass City VI" - 5:47
7. "The Brass City VII" - 3:47
8. "Outpost" - 4:26
9. "Transmute" - 6:25
10. "The Rozwell Incident" - 8:02

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - pocket cornet, valve trombone, soprano saxophone
• Jeb Bishop - trombone

Notes and References

1. http://joemcphee.com/the-brass-city.html Joe McPhee discography