As Serious as Your Life is a solo album by the multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1996 and released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1998.[1] The title track is named for the 1977 book by Val Wilmer.[2]
| As Serious as Your Life | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | May 27, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Mixtery in Trumbull, Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:48 | |||
| Label | HatHut hatOLOGY 514 | |||
| Producer | Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
AllMusic reviewer Brian Olewnick stated: "As Serious as Your Life offers a fairly wide picture of the range of his talents and creative genius, and is arguably the finest of his solo recordings. Highly recommended."[3]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
- "The Death of Miles Davis" - 6:28
- "A Wish in One Hand" - 6:42
- "Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" - 5:30
- "As Serious as Your Life 1" - 9:11
- "Haiku Study 1" - 4:43
- "Conlon in the Land of Ra" - 5:10
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:47
- "Tok" - 2:27
- "As Serious as Your Life 2" - 3:21
- "After the Rain" (John Coltrane) - 5:26
- "Party Lights" - 1:03
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 983. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. As Serious as Your Life – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.