Linear B

by Joe McPhee Po Music

Linear B cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Hat Hut Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:04
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger, L茅on Francioli, Fritz Hauser, Wayne Shorter, Andr茅 Jaume, Jimmy Van Heusen, Urs Leimgruber, Christy Doran, Raymond Boni

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embracing the 'Provocation of Organization' ethos, the multi-instrumentalist leads his European ensemble through a deeply exploratory set of free improvisations. The record is characterized by its spacious, atmospheric pacing and highly emotional brass interplay, defying the more chaotic tropes of traditional avant-garde jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, experimental, avant-garde, improvisation, long-form, improvised, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Love Life (Dedicated To Franco Donati) (9:59)
  2. Make A Circle (Dedicated To Ione) (7:35)
  3. Linear B (Dedicated To Samuel Beckett) (4:39)
  4. Say That To Say This (5:14)
  5. Footprints (10:25)
  6. Little Piece 1 (2:05)
  7. Little Piece 2 (2:20)
  8. Little Piece 3 (2:16)
  9. Little Piece 4 (2:01)
  10. Little Piece 5 (2:16)
  11. Here's That Rainy Day (Dedicated To Chet Baker) (5:44)
  12. Imagine A World Without Art (In Hope Of A Cure For AIDS) (5:52)
  13. Voices (6:38)

Credits

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