Linear B (album)

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

Linear B
Studio album by
Joe McPhee Po Music
Released1991
RecordedJanuary 9–12, 1990 at Radio DRS Zurich, Switzerland.
GenreJazz
Length67:04
LabelHatHut hat ART CD 6057
ProducerPia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Songs and Dances
(1987)
Linear B
(1991)
Élan • Impulse
(1991)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[2]

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

References

  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
  2. Olewnick, Brian. Linear B – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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