Variations on a Blue Line

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Variations on a Blue Line
Live album by
Released1979
RecordedOctober 11, 1977
VenueSalle Ste Croix des Pelletiers, Rouen, France
GenreJazz
Length36:23
LabelHatHut hat HUT O
ProducerCraig Johnson, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Graphics
(1977)
Variations on a Blue Line
(1979)
Glasses
(1977)

Variations on a Blue Line (subtitled 'Round Midnight) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1977 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1979.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

  1. "Beanstalk" - 17:06
  2. "Motian Studies" - 7:39
  3. "Variations on a Blue Line (After a Theme for Knox)" - 6:33
  4. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:05

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
  2. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed April 20, 2015