Élan • Impulse

Élan • Impulse
Live album by
Joe McPhee, Danuik Lazro
Released1991
RecordedApril 1991 at the 3ème Nuit Culturelle in Nancy, France
GenreJazz
Length61:52
LabelInsitu IS 075
ProducerPia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Linear B
(1990) 		Élan • Impulse
(1991) 		Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre
(1980)

Élan • Impulse is a live duet album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee and Danuik Lazro, recorded in 1991 and released on the French In Situ label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic states "This duo digs deep into the spirit of a particular night in France and calls out of it the entire improvisational tradition from Duke Ellington (whose "Come Sunday" is featured here) to Steve Lacy (whose "Pearl Street" is played movingly) and the host of time periods in between... This is an astonishing record. Period".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee and Danuik Lazro except as indicated

  1. "Reason I" - 7:47
  2. "Logic Circles" - 7:44
  3. "Pearl Street" (Steve Lacy) - 8:53
  4. "Sand Dancer" - 2:19
  5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 7:49
  6. "Reason II" - 5:03
  7. "Joker" - 7:23
  8. "Cordered" - 3:44
  9. "Reason III" - 6:20
  10. "Arcs" - 4:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 22, 2015
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Élan • Impulse – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2015.