Rotation (Joe McPhee album)

1977 live album by Joe McPhee

Rotation

Live album by Joe McPhee

Released

1977

Recorded

September 3, 1976, in Basel, Switzerland

Genre

Jazz

Length

47:25

Label

HatHut hat HUT D

Producer

Craig Johnson and Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger

Joe McPhee chronology

Tenor
(1976)

Rotation
(1977)

Graphics
(1977)

Rotation is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1976 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic gave the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee

"Sweet Dragon" - 6:55
"Theme from Episode #3" - 5:20
"Bahamian Folksong" - 10:55
"Spaces" - 9:25
"Rotation" - 6:35
"Episode #2" - 8:15

Personnel

Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trumpet, cornet, cowbell
John Snyder - synthesizer (tracks 3–6)
Marc Levin - trumpet, flugelhorn, mellophone (track 6)

References

Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
^ Allmusic listing, accessed April 20, 2015

v t e Joe McPhee
Studio albums	Pieces of Light (1974) Old Eyes (1980) Topology (1981) Oleo (1982) Visitation (1985) Linear B (1990) Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre (1992) Sweet Freedom - Now What? (1995) A Meeting in Chicago (1996) As Serious As Your Life (1996) Legend Street One (1996) Legend Street Two (1996) Inside Out (1996) Finger Wrigglers (1996) The Brass City (1997) Chicago Tenor Duets (1998) Zebulon (1998) In the Spirit (1999) No Greater Love (1999) Grand Marquis (1999) Tales Out of Time (2002)
Live albums	Underground Railroad (1969) Nation Time (1971) Black Magic Man (1971) At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (1971) Trinity (1972) Rotation (1976) The Willisau Concert (1976) Tenor (1977) Graphics (1977) Variations on a Blue Line (1977) Glasses (1977) MFG in Minnesota (1978) Élan • Impulse (1991) McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995) Common Threads (1995) Specific Gravity (1997) The Dream Book (1998) Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom (1999) Manhattan Tango (2000) Port of Saints (2000) Voices & Dreams (2000) Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore (2000) Remembrance (2001) In Finland (2004) Guts (2007) What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012)
Trio X	Rapture (1999) The Watermelon Suite (1999) On Tour (2001) In Black and White (2002) Journey (2003) The Sugar Hill Suite (2004) Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005) Roulette at Location One (2005) Air: Above and Beyond (2006)

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