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Sweet Freedom - Now What?

by Joe McPhee / Lisle Ellis / Paul Plimley

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"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." -Alex Henderson, All Music

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released March 11, 2017

1. Mendacity (Slow) [4:34]
Arranged By – Paul Plimley
Composed By – C. Bayen*, Max Roach

2. Driva’ Man [4:21]
Arranged By – Lisle Ellis
Composed By – Max Roach, Oscar Brown Jr.

3. Roost 2 [4:27]
Composed By – Lisle Ellis

4a. Self Portrait [9:50]
Arranged By – Paul Plimley
Composed By – Max Roach

4b. Lift Every Voice And Sing
Composed By – James Weldon Johnson, Rosamond Johnson

5. Singing With A Sword In My Hand [1:23]
Traditional Spiritual

6. Roost 1 [2:25]
Composed By – Lisle Ellis

7. Garvey’s Ghost [12:45]
Arranged By – Paul Plimley
Composed By – Max Roach

8. Approaching The Smoke That Thunders [4:53]
Composed By – Lisle Ellis

9a. Tryptich: (Prayer/Protest) [7:54]
Arranged By – Paul Plimley
Composed By – Max Roach

9b. Prolepsis
Composed By – Paul Plimley

10. Mendacity (Fast) [6:02]
Arranged By – Paul Plimley
Composed By – C. Bayen*, Max Roach

11. A Head Of The HeartBeat [3:38]
Composed By – Paul Plimley

12. The Persistance Of Rosewood [9:39]
Composed By – Joe McPhee

13. Roost (Coda) [0:40]
Composed By – Lisle Ellis

Joe McPhee: Tenor & soprano saxophones, alto clarinet
Lisle Ellis: double bass
Paul Plimley: piano

Digital Recording at Radio Studio DRS Zürich on July 27 & 28, 1994

Design Concept [Graphic Concept] – Fuhrer Vienna
Liner Notes – Christian Broecking, Joe McPhee, Marc Chénard
Photography By [Cover] – Larry Fink
Photography By [Liner] – Joël Gélys
Producer – Werner X. Uehlinger
Recorded By, Mastered By – Peter Pfister

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