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Artist:
MCPHEE, JOE
Title:
Nation Time
Label:
ATAVISTIC
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
ALP 201CD
Atavistic announces a new subsidiary reissue line: The Unheard Music Series, curated by John Corbett. "Joe McPhee's solo album,
Tenor
literally changed my life. The recording (one of his first for Hat Hut, in September 1976) displayed his unique ability to integrate unconventional sounds and extended techniques with pure melodicism, and it permanently altered my perspective on what the saxophone could do and what music could be.
Nation Time
was recorded six years earlier, but ideas regarding the integration of means and methods were already at the forefront of McPhee's approach to improvisation. For this concert on December 12, 1970 (the other half of which was released in 1975 as the first Hat Hut LP,
Black Magic Man
), Joe McPhee mapped out a stylistically expansive set list, one that embraced methods as diverse as those developed by New Thing-era Archie Shepp, late 60s Sun Ra and Art Ensemble of Chicago, Grant Green, Cecil Taylor (Candid period), & Sonny Rollins. He and his band, through vision and work, made these various approaches their own. This set represents real 'free jazz' -- the freedom to pursue the sounds and rhythms that inspire players to improvise with individual vitality and passion, no matter what different kinds of music are represented." -- Ken Vandermark.
Artist:
MCPHEE, JOE
Title:
Trinity
Label:
ATAVISTIC
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
ALP 214CD
2011 repress, originally reissued pre-9/11. "
Trinity
represents the second installation in The Unheard Music Series efforts to resurrect Joe McPhee's early '70's work on the CjR label, soon to be completed with
Underground Railroad
and
Pieces Of Light
. This brilliant trio recording of blues inflected out-soul from '73 follows up on hugely successful
Nation Time
, recorded a year later. Originally issued in '73 in an edition of 1000, Trinity has not available since. John Corbett has remastered
Trinity
from original tapes; the LP had to be severely compressed to squeeze all the music on to it, but in the digital realm restoration of all the sweet space was possible. Hence,
Trinity
has never sounded so fantastic! Featured are a long drum and tenor duet section (with McPhee breaking new ground on the horn), and a fantastic piece dedicated to Albert Ayler, with McPhee overdubbed on soprano sax and pocket cornet. Utterly spellbinding."
Artist:
MCPHEE, JOE
Title:
Underground Railroad/Live At Holy Cross Monastery
Label:
ATAVISTIC
Format:
2CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
ALP 226CD
"
Underground Railroad
is Joe McPhee's first record. It was recorded at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York, in April 1969, and issued promptly as the first release on Craig Johnson's CjR label. Only 500 copies of the LP were manufactured and it was never reprinted." Third installment of UMS's complete CJR Joe McPhee recordings.
Artist:
MCPHEE, JOE
Title:
Alto
Label:
ROARATORIO
Format:
LP
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
ROAR 017LP
"
Alto
joins
Tenor
and
Soprano
to complete a discrete trilogy within Joe McPhee's catalog of unaccompanied waxings. Recorded live at a Lower East Side bar in 2009, McPhee's explorations on alto saxophone and clarinet are alternately fiery and contemplative, imbued with the masterful intelligence that's marked his work for over forty years. A limited edition of 525 copies on 180 gram vinyl, with a Judith Lindbloom silkscreen print on rice paper and liner notes by Hank Shteamer. Digital download coupon included."
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