| Underground Railroad | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | Joe McPhee |
| Cover: | Underground_Railroad_(album).jpg |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Recorded: | October 13, 1968 and April 13, 1969 |
| Venue: | Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York |
| Genre: | Free jazz |
| Length: | 43:55 (original release) 147:36 (2CD reissue) |
| Label: | CjR CjR 1 Atavistic ALP226CD |
| Chronology: | Joe McPhee |
| Next Title: | Nation Time |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Underground Railroad is a live album by saxophonist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in 1969 at the Holy Cross Monastery and originally released on the CjR label, then reissued by Atavistic in 2001 with a bonus concert from the same venue.[1]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "There are conical sound explorations between brass and reed and between reed and reed. Tonal variants are evoked in order to up the emotional content of the music, which is already so loaded it's a miracle it doesn't fall apart... This set is one of the most essential recordings of late-'60s free jazz, and anybody remotely interested in the period needs to hear it". On All About Jazz, Robert Spencer noted "this set shows conclusively that McPhee’s massive talent was at his disposal from the onset of his earliest efforts. Any fan of ecstatic free jazz shouldn’t pass this one up!".[2]
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
Disc One:
Disc Two: