''Journey'' is an album performed by multi-instrumentalist

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 ...

's Trio X recorded in 2002 and first released on the

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Reception

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reviewer Steve Loewy states "you could not ask for a more accomplished, in-synch set of musical partners. There is a near-perfect synergy among them, so much so that they seem to anticipate each other's every move, almost like dancers who instinctively follow one another's steps". On

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Florence Wetzel wrote "although one can listen to ''Journey'' with half an ear, its greatest rewards come from attention and complete immersion. Certainly Trio-X is worth the effort".Wetzel, F.
All About Jazz Review
March 18, 2004

Track listing

''All compositions by Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen'' # "Episode 1: That Was/This Is" - 6:10 # "Episode 2: Journey" - 11:58 # "Episode 3: Jaywalkin'" - 9:19 # "Episode 4: Blue Moves" - 6:56 # "Episode 5: Autograph" - 12:18 # "Episode 6: Everything In Nothing Flat" - 6:02 # "Episode 7: For Charles Moffett" - 3:04 # "Episode 8: Rossie 2 Step" - 5:16 # "Episode 9: Albert's Alto" - 4:40 # "Episode 10: Amazing Grace" - 4:54

Personnel

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

tenor saxophone 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 ...

Dominic Duval Dominic Duval (c. 1944 – July 22, 2016) was an American free jazz upright bass, bassist. Since the 1990s, Duval was active principally on the New York City jazz scene. He did not begin recording regularly until the 1990s, but since then had app ...

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Jay Rosen Jay Rosen (born May 5, 1956) is a writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University. Rosen is a contributor to ''De Correspondent'' and a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of directors. Biography Rosen has been on ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

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