Pieces of Light
1974 studio album by Joe McPhee and John Snyder
Pieces of Light | ||||
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Studio album by Joe McPhee and John Snyder | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | April 1974 at CjR Studio in West Park, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 46:47 | |||
Label | CjR CjR 4 Atavistic ALP256CD | |||
Joe McPhee chronology | ||||
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Pieces of Light is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with John Snyder on synthesizer recorded in 1972 and originally released on the CjR label, then reissued by Atavistic in 2005.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "The result is a meandering six-part meditation on how best to combine acoustically and electrically driven sounds... most of Pieces of Light is merely a curiosity".[2] On All About Jazz writer Kurt Gottschalk noted "McPhee at times plays marvelously jazzy in alien vistas and if Snyder's synthesizer sounds a bit dated at times it never comes off as quaint".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Joe McPhee and John Snyder
- "Prologue/Twelve" - 9:13
- "Shadow Sculptures" - 3:38
- "Heros Sont Fatigues" - 7:41
- "Red Giant" - 3:08
- "Windows in Dreams/Colors in Crystal" - 23:07
Personnel
- Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn, E-Flat alto, modified nagoya harp, chimes, voice
- John Snyder - synthesizers
References
- ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Pieces of Light – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Gottschalk, K., All About Jazz Review, October 7, 2006
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- 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)