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.

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Allmusic

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

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

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