Pieces of Light is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with John Snyder on synthesizer recorded in 1972 and originally released on the CjR label, then reissued by Atavistic in 2005.[1]
| Pieces of Light | ||||
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| Studio album by Joe McPhee and John Snyder | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | April 1974 at CjR Studio in West Park, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:47 | |||
| Label | CjR CjR 4 Atavistic ALP256CD | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "The result is a meandering six-part meditation on how best to combine acoustically and electrically driven sounds... most of Pieces of Light is merely a curiosity".[2] On All About Jazz writer Kurt Gottschalk noted "McPhee at times plays marvelously jazzy in alien vistas and if Snyder's synthesizer sounds a bit dated at times it never comes off as quaint".[4]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Joe McPhee and John Snyder
- "Prologue/Twelve" - 9:13
- "Shadow Sculptures" - 3:38
- "Heros Sont Fatigues" - 7:41
- "Red Giant" - 3:08
- "Windows in Dreams/Colors in Crystal" - 23:07
Personnel
edit- Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn, E-Flat alto, modified nagoya harp, chimes, voice
- John Snyder - synthesizers
References
edit- ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Pieces of Light – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Gottschalk, K., All About Jazz Review, October 7, 2006