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The Sugar Hill Suite is an album performed by multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's Trio X recorded in 2004 and first released on the CIMP label.[1]

The Sugar Hill Suite
Studio album by Trio X
Released	2004
Recorded	October 19, 2004 at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York.
Genre	Jazz
Label	CIMP CIMP 320
Producer	Bob Rusch
Joe McPhee chronology
In Finland (2004) The Sugar Hill Suite (2004) Moods: Playing with the Elements (2005)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

In JazzTimes Marc Masters wrote "The Sugar Hill Suite alternates between slow meditations and swinging vamps. The opening "For Agusta Savage" is mournful, as McPhee traces an Ornette Coleman-ish tenor sax pattern. Later, "Triple Play" and "Monk's Waltz" are catchy yet reflective, at times even serene. This affinity for combining the somber with the upbeat peaks on the stunning 16-minute title track".[3] On All About Jazz Kurt Gottschalk said "There's plenty of payoff in The Sugar Hill Suite, an oddly plaintive dedication to the spirit of Harlem. Far from the jazz-renaissance throwback that might be expected, it is luxuriously languid".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen

1. "For Agusta Savage" - 5:26
2. "Triple Play" - 8:08
3. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 7:15
4. "Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Duke Ellington) - 6:53
5. "The Sugar Hill Suite" - 16:51
6. "Little Sunflower" - 11:32
7. "Monk's Waltz" - 4:43
8. "Goin' Home" - 6:55

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone
• Dominic Duval - bass
• Jay Rosen - drums

References

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