Moods: Playing with the Elements

Moods: Playing with the Elements is an album performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Trio X recorded in 2002 and first released on the CIMP label.[1]

Moods: Playing with the Elements
Studio album by Trio X
Released	2005
Recorded	October 20 & 21, 2004 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:30
Label	CIMP CIMP 328
Producer	Bob Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology
The Sugar Hill Suite (2004) Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005) Roulette at Location One (2005)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy states "While there are some wonderful moments on this recording -- McPhee's astonishing sax solo and Rosen's muscular backing on "Wegatchie Run" come to mind -- as a whole this set is not as consistently compelling as others in the oeuvre of the group".[2] In JazzTimes Marc Masters wrote "On Moods, McPhee stretches further, playing flugelhorn and pocket trumpet, plus more rippling tenor sax. The trio's patterns also widen: often, one player will retreat completely".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen except as indicated

1. "Sienna Sun" - 8:00
2. "Wegatchie Run" - 7:22
3. "Burning Wood" - 11:21
4. "Dedicated to You, Joe" (Dominic Duval) - 3:51
5. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 6:07
6. "In Evidence" - 3:39
7. "Lonely Woman" - 2:55
8. "Short Eyes" - 4:18
9. "Legacy" - 5:23
10. "Voices" (Joe McPhee) - 7:38
11. "A Valentine in the Fog of War" - 10:56

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet
• Dominic Duval - bass
• Jay Rosen - drums

References

1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 30, 2015
2. Loewy, Steve. Moods: Playing with the Elements – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
3. Masters, M., Jazztimes Review, January/February 2006