Variations on a Blue Line explained

Variations on a Blue Line
Type:Live
Artist:Joe McPhee
Cover:Variations_on_a_Blue_Line.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:October 11, 1977
Venue:Salle Ste Croix des Pelletiers, Rouen, France
Genre:Jazz
Length:36:23
Label:HatHut hat HUT O
Producer:Craig Johnson, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:Joe McPhee
Prev Title:Graphics
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Glasses
Next Year:1977

Variations on a Blue Line (subtitled 'Round Midnight) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1977 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1979.[1]

Reception

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

  1. "Beanstalk" - 17:06
  2. "Motian Studies" - 7:39
  3. "Variations on a Blue Line (After a Theme for Knox)" - 6:33
  4. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:05

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://joemcphee.com/variations-on-a-blue-line.html Joe McPhee discography
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/variations-on-a-blue-line-mw0001881101 Allmusic listing