Nation Time

Nation Time
Live album by
Joe McPhee
Released1971
RecordedDecember 12 and 13, 1970 at Chicago Hall at Vassar College Urban Center for Black Studies
GenreFree jazz
Length40:49
LabelCjR CjR 2
Atavistic ALP201CD
Joe McPhee chronology
Underground Railroad
(1969) 		Nation Time
(1971) 		Black Magic Man
(1971)

Nation Time is a live album by saxophonist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in late 1970 and originally released on the CjR label, then reissued by Atavistic in 2000.[1]

Reception

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

The Allmusic review by Lang Thompson stated "the end result is inventive and captivating".[2] On All About Jazz, Robert Spencer noted "one of the most exciting things about this album is the sense of space. Although all three of these tracks are quite propulsive, McPhee and his men are imaginative enough to continue to refresh them with rhythmic and other variations".[4] PopMatters writer Imre Szeman said "Nation Time is as a good a place as any to start a sustained relationship with this genius of modern jazz. It’s the kind of album that you want to tell everyone about and that you want to force everyone to listen to. Brilliant stuff-an absolutely, positively recommended addition to your collection".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

  1. "Nation Time" - 18:31
  2. "Shakey Jake" - 13:36
  3. "Scorpio's Dance" (Joe McPhee, Mike Kull, Tyrone Crabb, Bruce Thompson, Ernest Bostic) - 8:42

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 17, 2015
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Lang. Nation Time – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 983. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Spencer, R., All About Jazz Review, January 1, 2001
  5. ^ Szeman, I., PopMatter Review, accessed April 17, 2015