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At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971

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At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971
Live album by
Joe McPhee & Survival Unit II
Released1996
RecordedOctober 30, 1971, at WBAI's Free Music Store in NYC
GenreJazz
Length78:52
LabelHatHut hat ART CD 6197
ProducerPia and Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Black Magic Man
(1971)
At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971
(1996)
Trinity
(1971)
Alternative Cover

At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (also released as N.Y.N.Y. 1971) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee recorded in 1971 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1996.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The six lengthy pieces (which are sandwiched by somewhat stilted announcing) are full of fire but also have their quiet and lyrical moments. A strong all-around performance that should not have taken 25 years to release".[2] On All About Jazz, Nic Jones noted "this is a great opportunity to check in with McPhee on street level and follow his musical journey chronologically from there. Live a little and savour the challenge".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Joe McPhee

  1. Announcement 1 - 0:33
  2. "Black Magic Man" - 6:25
  3. Announcement 2 - 0:35
  4. "Nation Time" - 14:12
  5. "Song for Lauren" - 13:17
  6. Announcement 3 - 0:33
  7. "Message from Denmark" - 13:39
  8. "The Looking Glass 1" - 16:01
  9. "Harriet" - 13:35

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 28, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Jones, N., All About Jazz Review, June 28, 2006