Sweet Freedom - Now What?

Sweet Freedom - Now What? is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1994 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label.[1]

Sweet Freedom - Now What?
Studio album by
Joe McPhee
Released1995
RecordedJuly 27 & 28, 1994
VenueRadio DRS Zurich, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length72:31
LabelHatHut hat ART CD 6162
ProducerPia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre
(1991)		 Sweet Freedom - Now What?
(1995)		 McPhee/Parker/Lazro
(1995)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic reviewer Alex Henderson states "In 1994, Joe McPhee entered a studio in Zurich, Switzerland and recorded this thoughtful yet chance-taking response to Max Roach's ambitious Freedom Now Suite of 1960 ... McPhee doesn't treat Roach's compositions like museum pieces; instead, he embraces them on his own terms and brings many of his own ideas to the table ... the element of surprise is exactly what McPhee is going for on this rewarding, AACM-influenced inside/outside date".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

  1. "Mendacity (slow)" (Roach, C. Bayen) - 4:34
  2. "Driva Man" (Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.) - 4:21
  3. "Roost 2" (Lisle Ellis) - 4:27
  4. "Self Portrait/Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Roach/James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson) - 9:50
  5. "Singing With a Sword in My Hand" (Traditional) - 1:23
  6. "Roost 1" (Ellis) - 2:25
  7. "Garvey's Ghost" - 12:45
  8. "Approaching the Smoke That Thunders" (Ellis) - 4:53
  9. "Triptych: (Prayer, Protest)/Prolepsis" (Max Roach/Paul Plimley) - 7:54
  10. "Mendacity (fast)" (Roach, Bayen) - 6:02
  11. "A Head of the Heartbeat" (Paul Plimley) - 3:38
  12. "The Persistence of Rosewood" (Joe McPhee) - 9:39
  13. "Roost (Coda)" (Ellis) - 0:40

Personnel
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References
  1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
  2. Henderson, Alex. Sweet Freedom - Now What? – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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