Visitation (Joe McPhee album)

Visitation is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1983 and first released on the Canadian Sackville label, it was rereleased on CD in 2003.[1]

Visitation
Studio album by
Joe McPhee with the Bill Smith Ensemble
Released1985
RecordedNovember 6, 1983 at McClear Palace Studios, Toronto
GenreJazz
Length43:31
LabelSackville 3036
ProducerBill Smith
Joe McPhee chronology
Oleo
(1981)
Visitation
(1985)
Songs and Dances
(1987)
Alternative Cover

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow states "The interplay between these masterful improvisers on group originals and Albert Ayler's classic "Ghosts" is consistently impressive and worthy of a close investigation by the more open-eared segment of the jazz audience".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

  1. "Exuma" - 4:23
  2. "Eleuthera" - 10:21
  3. "Home at Last" (Bill Smith) - 7:14
  4. "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) - 7:22
  5. "If I Don't Fall" (David Prentice) - 5:47
  6. "A-Configuration" (Smith) - 8:24

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Visitation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.