''Legend Street Two'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer

Joe McPhee Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...

recorded in 1996 and first released on the CIMP label.Joe McPhee discography
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Reception

Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek states " it's a breathless and beautiful tapestry of multiphonic jazz art. ''Legend Street Two'' is further evidence why Joe McPhee is the real guy to watch in the 21st century; it feels like he's just getting warmed up". Writing for JazzTimes, John Murph said "With more emphasis on sound than song, ''Legend Street Two'' illustrates McPhee's penchant for creating terse, sonically bewildering soundscapes. ...Uncompromising in both structure and sound, ''Legend Street Two'' is a "for members only" listening experience".Murph, J.
JazzTimes Review
January/February 1996

Track listing

''All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated'' # "Something Sweet, Something Tender" (

Eric Dolphy Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gai ...

) - 14:57 # "Consider the Alternative" - 8:59 # "Double Ten" - 11:04 # "E.P." - 1:54 # "Dark Doings" - 14:57 # "There Was a Flower Near Napoli" (Charles Tyler) - 5:07 # "Not Absolute" - 5:57

Personnel

pocket trumpet 250px, Pocket trumpet in B-flat, with a standard size bell and medium-large bore The pocket trumpet is a B♭ trumpet that is constructed with the tubing wound into a much smaller coil than a standard trumpet, generally with a smaller diameter ...

, tenor saxophone,

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

* Frank Lowe - tenor saxophone *David Prentice - violin * Charles Moffett -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control Joe McPhee albums 1996 albums CIMP albums