The Brass City is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label.[1]

The Brass City
Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedOctober 23, 1997
StudioAirwave (Chicago)
GenreJazz
Length58:44
LabelOkka Disk OD12025
ProducerJeb Bishop and Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee chronology
Specific Gravity
(1997)
The Brass City
(1999)
Chicago Tenor Duets
(2002)

Reception edit

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

Allmusic reviewer Joslyn Layne states "The Brass City finds jazz original Joe McPhee and trombonist Jeb Bishop engaging in an interplay of extended techniques and freed-up structures."[2]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop

  1. "The Brass City I" - 12:17
  2. "The Brass City II" - 3:44
  3. "The Brass City III" - 2:16
  4. "The Brass City IV" - 7:16
  5. "The Brass City V" - 4:44
  6. "The Brass City VI" - 5:47
  7. "The Brass City VII" - 3:47
  8. "Outpost" - 4:26
  9. "Transmute" - 6:25
  10. "The Rozwell Incident" - 8:02

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
  2. ^ a b Layne, Joslyn. The Brass City – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.