| The Brass City | ||||
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| Studio album by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | October 23, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Airwave (Chicago) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 58:44 | |||
| Label | Okka Disk OD12025 | |||
| Producer | Jeb Bishop and Joe McPhee | |||
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The Brass City is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Allmusic reviewer Joslyn Layne states "The Brass City finds jazz original Joe McPhee and trombonist Jeb Bishop engaging in an interplay of extended techniques and freed-up structures." [2]
All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop
Joe McPhee is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is most notable for his free jazz work done from the late 1960s to the present day.
Jeb Bishop is an American jazz trombone player.
Kent Kessler is an American jazz double-bassist.
Canyon Lady is a jazz album by Joe Henderson. It was recorded in 1973, but not released until 1975. It is an unusual album, one of Henderson's most experimental efforts. Far from being a standard jazz project, Canyon Lady incorporates very strong Latin American influences in the brass arrangements and rhythm section playing. Henderson's work is characterized by intense ostinato patterns. The first two pieces also feature creative electric piano solos by George Duke. The many musicians involved in the project include trombonist Julian Priester, bassist John Heard, drummer Eric Gravatt, a brass section and percussionists.
Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994.
A Meeting in Chicago is an album by trumpeter/saxophonist Joe McPhee, reedist Ken Vandermark and bassist Kent Kessler, which was released in 1997 on Eighth Day Music and reissued the following year with new artwork by Okka Disk. The album documents trio, duo and solo improvisations recorded all in a single take with no rehearsal, before playing their first concert later that night at The Empty Bottle. Vandermark cites McPhee’s solo recording Tenor as a major influence.
Underground Railroad is a live album by saxophonist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in 1969 at the Holy Cross Monastery and originally released on the CjR label, then reissued by Atavistic in 2001 with a bonus concert from the same venue.
Visitation is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1983 and first released on the Canadian Sackville label, it was rereleased on CD in 2003.
Élan • Impulse is a live duet album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1991 and released on the French In Situ label.
Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee dedicated to Jimmy Giuffre, recorded in 1991 and first released on the French CELP label.
Common Threads: Live at the Tractor Tavern, Seattle is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in 1995 and first released on the Deep Listening label.
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. The title track is named for the book by Val Wilmer.
Specific Gravity is a live album by the multi-instrumentalists Joe McPhee and Joe Giardullo, recorded in 1997 and first released on the Boxholder label.
In the Spirit is an album of spirituals performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Bluette, recorded in 1999 and released on the CIMP label.
No Greater Love is a live album of performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee recorded in 1999 and first released on the CIMP label. The album was recorded at the same sessions that produced In the Spirit.
The Watermelon Suite is an album performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Trio X recorded in 1998 and first released on the CIMP label.
Chicago Tenor Duets is an album by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and American saxophonist Joe McPhee, which was recorded in 1998 and released on Okka Disk.
Jeb Bishop is primarily known as an improvisational jazz trombonist. However he occasionally plays other instruments on both jazz and rock recordings as noted.
Freedom & Unity is an album by valve trombonist Clifford Thornton. It was recorded in July 1967 at Sound City Studios in New York City, and was released by Third World Records in 1969. On the album, Thornton is joined by members of the Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble: saxophonist Sonny King, trumpeter Joe McPhee, cornetist Edward Avent, vibraphonist Karl Berger, bassists Don Moore, Jimmy Garrison, and Tyrone Crabb, and drummer Harold (Nunding) Avent.
The Chicago Octet/Tentet is a live album by saxophonist Peter Brötzmann on which he is joined by two large ensembles known as the Chicago Octet and Tentet. Six tracks were recorded live at The Empty Bottle in Chicago on January 29, 1997, and September 17, 1997, while the remaining six tracks were recorded at AirWave Studio in Chicago on September 16, 1997. The album was released in 1998 as a limited-edition three-CD set by the Okka Disk label, and, in addition to Brötzmann, features saxophonists Mats Gustafsson, Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, and Mars Williams, trombonist Jeb Bishop, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, double bassist Kent Kessler, and drummers Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang.