''The Watermelon Suite'' 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 1998 and first released on the

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Reception

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reviewer Steve Loewy states "The mood is generally more pensive than to be expected, although fires are lit in a few of the pieces. McPhee shows himself to be a thoughtful, sensitive player, where every note counts and space is just as important... The results are somewhat mixed, though McPhee and Duval fans should find moments of inspiration".

Track listing

''All compositions by Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen except as indicated'' # "Points" - 7:21 # "The Watermelon Suite Part 1: The Whole" (Duval, McPhee) - 4:41 # "The Watermelon Suite Part 2: The Rind" (Duval, McPhee) - 3:11 # "The Watermelon Suite Part 3: The Meat" (Duval, McPhee) 7:39 # "The Watermelon Suite Part 4: The Seeds" (Duval, McPhee) - 2:28 # "Wecotdo Part 1" - 5:50 # "Wecotdo Part 2" - 3:36 # "Soundboard Safari" (Duval, Rosen) - 4:47 # "Solero" - 6:09 # "A Ballad in Their Own Way" - 6:08 # "Putter Piece" - 11:26 # " My Funny Valentine" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 9:40

Personnel

- soprano saxophone (tracks 1-7 & 9-12) *

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 ...

- bass *

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,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watermelon Suite, The Trio X albums 1999 albums CIMP albums