Rotation (Joe McPhee album)

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Rotation
Rotation (album).jpg
Live album by
Released1977
RecordedSeptember 3, 1976, in Basel, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length47:25
Label HatHut hat HUT D
Producer Craig Johnson and Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Tenor
(1976)
Rotation
(1977)
Graphics
(1977)

Rotation is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1976 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic gave the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

  1. "Sweet Dragon" - 6:55
  2. "Theme from Episode #3" - 5:20
  3. "Bahamian Folksong" - 10:55
  4. "Spaces" - 9:25
  5. "Rotation" - 6:35
  6. "Episode #2" - 8:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed April 20, 2015