title: Variations on a Blue Line
text: # Variations on a Blue Line
  
  Variations on a Blue Line (subtitled 'Round Midnight) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1977 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label in 1979.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated
  
  * "Beanstalk" - 17:06
  * "Motian Studies" - 7:39
  * "Variations on a Blue Line (After a Theme for Knox)" - 6:33
  * "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:05
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  