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Visitation
Studio album by Joe McPhee with the Bill Smith Ensemble
Released	1985
Recorded	November 6, 1983 at McClear Palace Studios, Toronto
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:31
Label	Sackville 3036
Producer	Bill Smith
Joe McPhee chronology
Oleo (1981) Visitation (1985) Songs and Dances (1987)
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Visitation is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1983 and first released on the Canadian Sackville label, it was rereleased on CD in 2003.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow states "The interplay between these masterful improvisers on group originals and Albert Ayler's classic "Ghosts" is consistently impressive and worthy of a close investigation by the more open-eared segment of the jazz audience".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

1. "Exuma" - 4:23
2. "Eleuthera" - 10:21
3. "Home at Last" (Bill Smith) - 7:14
4. "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) - 7:22
5. "If I Don't Fall" (David Prentice) - 5:47
6. "A-Configuration" (Smith) - 8:24

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bill Smith - soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone
• David Prentice - violin
• David Lee - bass
• Richard Barnard - drums

References

1. Joe McPhee discography accessed April 20, 2015
2. ^ Yanow, Scott. Visitation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• Joe McPhee albums
• 1985 albums
• Sackville Records albums