''Topology'' is an 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 1981 and first released on the Swiss

HatHut Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, h ...

label, it was rereleased on CD in 1990.Joe McPhee discography
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Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.''Topology'' – AllMusic Review
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Track listing

''All compositions by Joe McPhee'' # "Age" – 10:47 # "Blues for Chicago" – 5:34 # "Pithecanthropus Erectus" (

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

) – 10:33 # "Violets for Pia" – 7:43 # "Topology I & II" (André Jaume, Joe McPhee) – 28:40

Personnel

– tenor saxophone,

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*André Jaune –

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(tracks 1 & 3–5) * Irène Schweizer – piano *Raymond Boni – guitar (tracks 1–3 & 5) *François Mechali –

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*Radu Malfatti – percussion, trombone, electronics (tracks 1, 3 & 5) *

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– percussion (track 5) *Michael Overhage – cello (tracks 1, 2 & 5) *Tamia – vocals (track 5)

References

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