| Visitation | ||||
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| Studio album by Joe McPhee with the Bill Smith Ensemble | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | November 6, 1983 at McClear Palace Studios, Toronto | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Sackville 3036 | |||
| Producer | Bill Smith | |||
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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. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow states "The interplay between these masterful improvisers on group originals and Albert Ayler's classic "Ghosts" is consistently impressive and worthy of a close investigation by the more open-eared segment of the jazz audience". [2]
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
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