Élan • Impulse is a live duet album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1991 and released on the French In Situ label.[1]

Élan • Impulse
Live album by Joe McPhee, Milo Fine and Steve Gnitka
Released	1991
Recorded	April 1991 at the 3ème Nuit Culturelle in Nancy, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:52
Label	Insitu IS 075
Producer	Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Linear B (1990) Élan • Impulse (1991) Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre (1980)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic states "This duo digs deep into the spirit of a particular night in France and calls out of it the entire improvisational tradition from Duke Ellington (whose "Come Sunday" is featured here) to Steve Lacy (whose "Pearl Street" is played movingly) and the host of time periods in between... This is an astonishing record. Period".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

1. "Reason I" - 7:47
2. "Logic Circles" - 7:44
3. "Pearl Street" (Steve Lacy) - 8:53
4. "Sand Dancer" - 2:19
5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 7:49
6. "Reason II" - 5:03
7. "Joker" - 7:23
8. "Cordered" - 3:44
9. "Reason III" - 6:20
10. "Arcs" - 4:50

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, valve trombone, voice
• Daunik Lazro - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone

References