As Serious As Your Life


As Serious as Your Life is a solo album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1996 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1998.

Reception

reviewer Brian Olewnick states "As Serious as Your Life offers a fairly wide picture of the range of his talents and creative genius, and is arguably the finest of his solo recordings. Highly recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
  1. "The Death of Miles Davis" - 6:28
  2. "A Wish in One Hand" - 6:42
  3. "Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" - 5:30
  4. "As Serious as Your Life 1" - 9:11
  5. "Haiku Study 1" - 4:43
  6. "Conlon in the Land of Ra" - 5:10
  7. "The Man I Love" - 6:47
  8. "Tok" - 2:27
  9. "As Serious as Your Life 2" - 3:21
  10. "After the Rain" - 5:26
  11. "Party Lights" - 1:03

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