Rapture (Trio X album)

Live album

Rapture

Live album by

Trio X

Released| 1999
Recorded| December 28, 1998
Venue| Knitting Factory (New York City)
Genre| Jazz
Length| 61:59
Label| Cadence Jazz CJR 1106
Producer| Bob Rusch and Dominic Duval
Joe McPhee chronology
| The Dream Book
(1998)  | Rapture
(1999)  | In the Spirit
(1999)

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Rapture is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Trio X featuring bassist Dominic Duval, percussionist Jay Rosen along with guest violinist Rosi Hertlein recorded at the Knitting Factory in late 1998 and released on the Cadence Jazz label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

Allmusic reviewer Steve Loewy states "the group's highlight is clearly the lengthy (more than 47 minutes) "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the lovely spiritual by James Weldon Johnson. The piece slowly unfolds, revealing solo and group improvisations of major substance and incredible beauty, not to mention virtuosity".[2] On All About Jazz Derek Taylor wrote "This disc is easily recommended to both long time McPhee fans and neophytes interested in learning what all the excitement surrounding the man is really about".[4]

## Track listing

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

1. "Elegy: Upon Mourning" - 1:25
2. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson) - 47:56
3. "Rapture" - 12:38

## Personnel

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* Joe McPhee \- saxophone
* Dominic Duval \- bass, electronics
* Jay Rosen \- drums, percussion
* Rosi Hertlein - violin, voice

## References

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1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 30, 2015
2. ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Rapture – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 984\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ^ Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, November 1, 1999

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Joe McPhee

Studio albums|

* Pieces of Light (1974)
* Old Eyes (1980)
* Topology (1981)
* Oleo (1982)
* Visitation (1985)
* Linear B (1990)
* Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre (1992)
* Sweet Freedom - Now What? (1995)
* A Meeting in Chicago (1996)
* As Serious As Your Life (1996)
* Legend Street One (1996)
* Legend Street Two (1996)
* Inside Out (1996)
* Finger Wrigglers (1996)
* The Brass City (1997)
* Chicago Tenor Duets (1998)
* Zebulon (1998)
* In the Spirit (1999)
* No Greater Love (1999)
* Grand Marquis (1999)
* Tales Out of Time (2002)

Live albums|

* Underground Railroad (1969)
* Nation Time (1971)
* Black Magic Man (1971)
* At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (1971)
* Trinity (1972)
* Rotation (1976)
* The Willisau Concert (1976)
* Tenor (1977)
* Graphics (1977)
* Variations on a Blue Line (1977)
* Glasses (1977)
* MFG in Minnesota (1978)
* Élan • Impulse (1991)
* McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995)
* Common Threads (1995)
* Specific Gravity (1997)
* The Dream Book (1998)
* Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom (1999)
* Manhattan Tango (2000)
* Port of Saints (2000)
* Voices & Dreams (2000)
* Mister Peabody Goes to Baltimore (2000)
* Remembrance (2001)
* In Finland (2004)
* Guts (2007)
* What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012)

Trio X|

* Rapture (1999)
* The Watermelon Suite (1999)
* On Tour (2001)
* In Black and White (2002)
* Journey (2003)
* The Sugar Hill Suite (2004)
* Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005)
* Roulette at Location One (2005)
* Air: Above and Beyond (2006)

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