The Brass City

The Brass City
Studio album by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop
Released	1999
Recorded	October 23, 1997
Studio	Airwave (Chicago)
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:44
Label	Okka Disk OD12025
Producer	Jeb Bishop and Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee chronology
Specific Gravity (1997) The Brass City (1999) Chicago Tenor Duets (2002)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Joe McPhee - pocket cornet, valve trombone, soprano saxophone
• Jeb Bishop - trombone

References

1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
2. 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.