Topology (album)

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Topology
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Studio album by
Joe McPhee Po Music
Released1981
RecordedMarch 24 and 25, 1981, at Foundation Artists' House in Boswil, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Label HatHut hat ART 1987/88
Producer Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Tales and Prophecies
(1981)
Topology
(1981)
Oleo
(1981)
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Topology alt (album).jpg

Topology is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1981 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label, it was rereleased on CD in 1990. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

  1. "Age" – 10:47
  2. "Blues for Chicago" – 5:34
  3. "Pithecanthropus Erectus" (Charles Mingus) – 10:33
  4. "Violets for Pia" – 7:43
  5. "Topology I & II" (André Jaume, Joe McPhee) – 28:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. 1 2 Topology – AllMusic Review accessed April 20, 2015