No Greater Love (album)

No Greater Love
No Greater Love
Studio album by Joe McPhee, Joe Giardullo, Michael Bisio and Dominic Duval
Released	2000
Recorded	March 17–18, 1999
Studio	The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:31
Label	CIMP CIMP 209
Producer	Robert D. Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology

No Greater Love is a live album of performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee recorded in 1999 and first released on the CIMP label.^[1] The album was recorded at the same sessions that produced In the Spirit.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

AllMusic reviewer Steve Loewy states: "While the volume and intensity are toned down a notch from that of some other McPhee excursions, the quality of music is never less than superb".^[2] On All About Jazz, Derek Taylor wrote: "Those folks who have already imbibed the intoxicating sounds of In the Spirit will definitely want to check out this second round from the well. Listeners who haven't yet heard either are strongly advised to acquire both and set aside a secluded pair of hours free from worldly distractions to drink this glorious music in".^[4]JazzTimes noted the album's "generally uplifting though often contemplative moods".^[5]

Track listing

"Deep River" (Traditional) – 3:26
"Deep Sheep" (Dominic Duval, Joe McPhee) – 5:43
"Nancy" (Joe Giardullo) – 5:59
"No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:20
"Strangers in a Strange Land" (McPhee) – 11:34
"Ferocious Beauty" (Giardullo) – 7:57
"Deep Sleep" (Duval, Michael Bisio) – 11:01
"Get That Name" (Duval, Giardullo, McPhee, Bisio) – 2:47
"We Just Think It" (Giardullo, McPhee) – 1:55

Personnel

Joe McPhee – soprano saxophone
Joe Giardullo – bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Michael Bisio, Dominic Duval – bass

References

^ Joe McPhee discography accessed April 28, 2015
^ ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. No Greater Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, August 1, 2000
^ Loewy, S., JazzTimes Review, January/February 2001

[Joe_McPhee_discography-1] Joe McPhee discography accessed April 28, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Loewy, Steve. No Greater Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, August 1, 2000

[5] Loewy, S., JazzTimes Review, January/February 2001

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v t e 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)