''Chicago Tenor Duets'' is an album by British jazz saxophonist

Evan Parker Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...

and American saxophonist

Joe McPhee Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...

, which was recorded in 1998 and released on

Okka Disk Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994. Okka began as a rock music label, but Johnson soon changed direction to record free jazz.

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Reception

In a review for

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, Derek Taylor states "Each man bends to the other’s vernacular with Parker doling out some of his most linear and lyrical jazz phrasings in years and McPhee mimicking the creased multiphonics and split tones that are his partner’s regular sonic nomenclature."Taylor, Derek
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In a multiple review for ''

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'' John Litweller says "If the disc has meandering passages, there are also plenty of successes in which lyricism and complexity twine (and for all their stylistic extremes, there are lyrical strains in both players)."Litweller, John
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Parker/McPhee'' # "Duet 2" – 4:47 # "Duet 3" – 4:44 # "Duet 4" – 5:12 # "Duet 5" – 10:51 # "Duet 6" – 3:07 # "Duet 7" – 2:33 # "Duet 9" – 6:46 # "Duet 8" – 10:52 # "Duet 11" – 10:40 # "Duet 12" – 5:24 # "Duet 13" – 3:10

Personnel

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tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

– tenor sax

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Evan Parker albums Joe McPhee albums Okka Disk albums