Variations on a Blue Line

Variations on a Blue Line
Live album by Joe McPhee
Released	1979
Recorded	October 11, 1977
Venues	Salle Ste Croix des Pelletiers, Rouen, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:23
Label	HatHut hat HUT O
Producers	Craig Johnson, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Joe McPhee chronology
Graphics (1977) Variations on a Blue Line (1979) Glasses (1977)

Variations on a Blue Line (subtitled 'Round Midnight) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in France in 1977 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1979.¹

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	2

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.²

All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated

1. "Beanstalk" - 17:06
2. "Motian Studies" - 7:39
3. "Variations on a Blue Line (After a Theme for Knox)" - 6:33
4. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:05

• Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone