Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore

Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore
Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore
Live album by Joe McPhee
Released	2001
Recorded	September 21 at the American Visionary Arts Museum, September 22 at The 14K Cabaret and September 23 at The Charles Theater and Charles Street Bridge, as part of the High Zero Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, 2000.
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:57
Label	Recorded Recorded 005
Joe McPhee chronology

Last updated December 07, 2023

Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore is a live album by composer and multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee recorded in Baltimore, Maryland at the High Zero Festival in 2000 and first released on the Recorded label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic reviewer Eugene Chadbourne called it "a must-have for the free improvisation recording collection.^[2] On All About Jazz, Michael A. Parker called it "one the year’s most exploratory, and downright strange, improv records".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

"Before the Fall" - 33:38
"Night of the Krell" - 15:31
"Klatu" - 8:46
"Homeless" - 3:02

Personnel

Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, pocket trumpet, voice
Jack Wright - reeds (track 1)
Ian Nagoski - electronics (track 1)
Michael Johnsen - electronics, soprano saxophone, musical saw (track 2)
Sean Meehan - percussion (track 2)
Jerry Lim - guitar (track 3)
James Coleman - theremin (track 3)

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References

↑ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 28, 2015
1 2 Chadbourne, Eugene. Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 28, 2015.
↑ Parker, M. A., All About Jazz Review, October 1, 2002

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[Joe_McPhee_discography-1] Joe McPhee discography accessed April 28, 2015

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Chadbourne, Eugene. Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[3] Parker, M. A., All About Jazz Review, October 1, 2002

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v t e Joe McPhee
Studio albums	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)
Live albums	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)
Trio X	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)