Oleo (Joe McPhee album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Oleo
| type = Studio
| artist = Joe McPhee Po Music
| cover = Oleo (Joe McPhee album).jpg
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| released = 1983
| recorded = August 2, 1982 at Foundation Artist House in Boswil, Switzerland.
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| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:35
| label = HatHut hat MUSICS 3514
| producer = Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
| chronology = Joe McPhee
| prev_title = Topology
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Visitation
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Oleo & A Future Retrospective Cover
| type = Studio
| cover = Oleo_&_A_Future_Retrospective.jpg
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Oleo is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1982 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1983 it was rereleased on CD in 1992 as Oleo & A Future Retrospective with bonus tracks recorded later that evening.[http://joemcphee.com/oleo.html Joe McPhee discography] accessed April 20, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=985}}
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Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick states "It remains not only a wonderful session in its own right but also one of the more approachable entries into this superior musician's realm. Highly recommended".{{AllMusic|first=Brian |last=Olewnick |class=album |id=mw0000105954 |title=Oleo & A Future Retrospective – Review |accessdate=April 21, 2015}}
All About Jazz writer Clifford Allen said "McPhee has hit on a central concept in jazz and improvised music with his engagement of lateral thinking. Improvisation, for it to be successful, must occur on an equal level between participants, a conversation in one room, at one table, even if the plates and silverware differ. The fact that this session is somewhat hit-or-miss does not defer from the notion of Po Music, for ebb and flow must include failures as well as successes".Allen, C., [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/oleo-joe-mcphee-hat-hut-records-review-by-clifford-allen.php All About Jazz Review] October 19, 2004
Track listing
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
- "Oleo" [Take 1] (Sonny Rollins) - 5:25
- "Pablo" - 8:54
- "Future Retrospective" - 7:00
- "Astral Spirits" - 7:12
- "Oleo" [Take 2] (Rollins) - 4:37
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 3:26
- "Ann Kahlé" - 5:41
- "When You Hear Music" - 8:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "After It's Over" - 7:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "It's Gone In the Air" - 11:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "You Can Never Capture It Again" - 7:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, cornet
- André Jaume - clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Raymond Boni - guitar
- François Mechali - bass (tracks 1–7)
References
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