Variations on a Blue Line

Variations on a Blue Line
Variations on a Blue Line
Live album by Joe McPhee
Released	1979
Recorded	October 11, 1977
Venue	Salle Ste Croix des Pelletiers, Rouen, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:23
Label	HatHut hat HUT O
Producer	Craig Johnson, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

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

Personnel

Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone

References

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

[Joe_McPhee_discography-1] Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Allmusic listing, accessed April 20, 2015

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