Manhattan Tango

Manhattan Tango is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee and flautist Jérôme Bourdellon recorded in New York in 2000 and first released on the French Label Usine.^[1]

Manhattan Tango
Live album by Joe McPhee and Jérôme Bourdellon
Released	2004
Recorded	April 4, 2000 at Ariane Lopez-Huici & Alain Kirili's loft in Manhattan's Tribeca
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:46
Label	Label Usine 1008
Producer	Craig Johnson
Joe McPhee chronology
Grand Marquis (1999) Manhattan Tango (2004) Port of Saints (2000)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
All About Jazz	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]

Allmusic reviewer Eugene Chadbourne states "For McPhee and Bourdellon's combination of instruments, however, the sound of the room is simply fantastic, creating a richness that would simply not be possible using any kind of reverb-recording equipment available, analog, digital or magical".^[2] On All About Jazz John Kelman states "Manhattan Tango is clearly not for the less adventurous listener. Still, with an almost telepathic connection that results in some startling coalescence of sound, rhythm and texture, it makes a strong case that free music can be more than just a cacophony of sound, that it can be the meeting point for daring and an investigation into interaction that, in some respects, is all the more compelling for its lack of traditional framework" while Rex Butters said "Manhattan Tango captures the intimacy of two friends playing in two friends' living room, materializing fire".^[3][4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jérôme Bourdellon

1. "Business Hour" - 4:49
2. "Pearls for Swine" - 6:40
3. "White Street, 17A" - 5:24
4. "A.K.A.L.H." - 9:25
5. "In the Noiseless Loft" - 4:14
6. "Come Back Ella" - 3:26
7. "Mystery "J"" - 8:56
8. "Manhattan Tango" - 10:52

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - pocket trumpet, voice
• Jérôme Bourdellon - flute, bass flute, piccolo flute