''Tenor'' is a live solo album by multi-instrumentalist and composer

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 ...

, recorded in 1976 it was the third album released on the Swiss

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label and was rereleased on CD in 2000 as ''Tenor & Fallen Angels'' with a bonus track.Joe McPhee discography
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Reception

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy stated "McPhee was (and is) a master of new sounds. He trailblazes paths, unafraid of consequences, devoid of cliches. His improvisations incorporate squeaks and squeals, but also bop-like stabs and outrageously radical runs that scream for attention. McPhee has come a long way since this major recording, but this still remains one of the best solo tenor albums of avant-garde jazz". On All About Jazz writer Glen Astarita noted "''Tenor & Fallen Angels'' is a brilliant portraiture of a musician who is sharing his sentiments, visualizations and artistic spirit for the entire world to hear! - Essential".Astarita, G.
All About Jazz Review
May 1, 2000 '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' describes the album as “packed with rich ideas.”

Track listing

''All compositions by Joe McPhee'' # "Knox" - 8:34 # "Good-Bye Tom B." - 6:34 # "Sweet Dragon" - 5:35 # "Tenor" - 23:26 # "Fallen Angels" - 14:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

- tenor saxophone

References

{{Joe McPhee, state=autocollapse Joe McPhee live albums 1977 live albums Hathut Records live albums