Underground Railroad

by The Joe McPhee Quartet

Underground Railroad cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: CJR
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:16
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Reggie Marks, Tyrone Crabb, Ernest Bostic, The Joe McPhee Quartet

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded live at a monastery in New York, this passionate set documents the saxophonist's deep engagement with the avant-garde movement. The music channels profound sociopolitical themes through fierce, uninhibited group improvisation and raw emotional intensity.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, history, complex, atonal, technical, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Underground Railroad (23:08)
  2. Harriet (11:10)
  3. Message From Denmark (9:58)

Credits

  • Joe McPhee Quartet - primary artist, performer
  • Tyrone Crabb - bass
  • Joe McPhee - composed by, trumpet, tenor saxophone, cornet [pocket]
  • William Roberts - illustration [cover drawing]
  • Ernest Bostic - percussion, vibraphone [vibes]
  • Reggie Marks - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute

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