As Serious As Your Life
1998 solo album by Joe McPhee
As Serious as Your Life | ||||
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Studio album by Joe McPhee | ||||
Released | 1998 | |||
Recorded | May 27, 1996 | |||
Studio | Mixtery in Trumbull, Connecticut | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 56:48 | |||
Label | HatHut hatOLOGY 514 | |||
Producer | Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger | |||
Joe McPhee chronology | ||||
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As Serious as Your Life is a solo album by the multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1996 and released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1998.[1] The title track is named for the 1977 book by Val Wilmer.[2]
Reception
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AllMusic reviewer Brian Olewnick stated: "As Serious as Your Life offers a fairly wide picture of the range of his talents and creative genius, and is arguably the finest of his solo recordings. Highly recommended."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
- "The Death of Miles Davis" - 6:28
- "A Wish in One Hand" - 6:42
- "Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" - 5:30
- "As Serious as Your Life 1" - 9:11
- "Haiku Study 1" - 4:43
- "Conlon in the Land of Ra" - 5:10
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:47
- "Tok" - 2:27
- "As Serious as Your Life 2" - 3:21
- "After the Rain" (John Coltrane) - 5:26
- "Party Lights" - 1:03
Personnel
References
- ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 983. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. As Serious as Your Life – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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- Pieces of Light (1974)
- Old Eyes (1980)
- Topology (1981)
- Oleo (1982)
- Visitation (1985)
- Linear B (1990)
- Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre (1992)
- Sweet Freedom - Now What? (1995)
- A Meeting in Chicago (1996)
- As Serious As Your Life (1996)
- Legend Street One (1996)
- Legend Street Two (1996)
- Inside Out (1996)
- Finger Wrigglers (1996)
- The Brass City (1997)
- Chicago Tenor Duets (1998)
- Zebulon (1998)
- In the Spirit (1999)
- No Greater Love (1999)
- Grand Marquis (1999)
- Tales Out of Time (2002)
- Underground Railroad (1969)
- Nation Time (1971)
- Black Magic Man (1971)
- At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (1971)
- Trinity (1972)
- Rotation (1976)
- The Willisau Concert (1976)
- Tenor (1977)
- Graphics (1977)
- Variations on a Blue Line (1977)
- Glasses (1977)
- MFG in Minnesota (1978)
- Élan • Impulse (1991)
- McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995)
- Common Threads (1995)
- Specific Gravity (1997)
- The Dream Book (1998)
- Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom (1999)
- Manhattan Tango (2000)
- Port of Saints (2000)
- Voices & Dreams (2000)
- Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore (2000)
- Remembrance (2001)
- In Finland (2004)
- Guts (2007)
- What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012)
- Rapture (1999)
- The Watermelon Suite (1999)
- On Tour (2001)
- In Black and White (2002)
- Journey (2003)
- The Sugar Hill Suite (2004)
- Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005)
- Roulette at Location One (2005)
- Air: Above and Beyond (2006)