In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday February 24th, 2021 with Heavy Ben
Black History Month spotlight on Joe McPhee
The tireless reed player’s multi-decade career serves as a road map of the international avant garde, encompassing performance, recording and cross-genre collaborations.
Photo by Becky McNeel (The Wire UK)
| Something (Poem) Konstrukt & Joe McPhee - If You Have Time - Omlott - 2015 |
| Hour one: the the first decade (1969-1976); Joe McPhee's early recordings, solo albums, and electronic experiments |
| Harriet The Joe McPhee Quartet - Underground Railroad - CjRecord Productions - 1969 |
| O.C.T. The Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble - Freedom & Unity - Third World Records - 1969 |
| Shakey Jake Joe McPhee - Nation Time - CjRecord Productions - 1971 |
| Cosmic Love (organ alone) Joe McPhee - Sound On Sound (Solo 1968-1973) - Corbett vs. Dempsey - 2010 (recorded 1970) |
| Astral Spirits Harold E. Smith, Mike Kull, Joe McPhee - Trinity - CjRecord Productions - 1972 |
| Prologue / Twelve Joe McPhee and John Snyder - Pieces Of Light - CjRecord Productions - 1974 |
| Bahamian Folksong Joe McPhee featuring John Snyder and Makaya Ntshoko - The Willisau Concert - Hat Hut - 1976 |
| Hour two: (1998-now); a sample of the myriad collaborations from the past two decades |
| The Man I Love Joe McPhee - As Serious As Your Life - hatOLOGY / Hat Hut - 1998 |
| Orcis Deep Listening Band (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, David Gamper) with Joe McPhee & Randy Raine-Reusch - Looking Back - ZA Discs - 2013 (recorded 1999) |
| untitled Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (William Parker, Hamid Drake) with Joe McPhee - Live in Red Bank, New Jersey - (not on label) - 2000 |
| Nerve Mat Maneri featuring Joe McPhee - Sustain - Thirsty Ear - 2002 |
| Baby Talk The Thing (Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love) with Joe McPhee - She Knows... - Crazy Wisdom - 2001 |
| Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe Joe McPhee, Roy Campbell, William Parker, Warren Smith - Tribute To Albert Ayler / Live At The Dynamo - Marge - 2009 |
| Beyond Days Joe McPhee, Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Charles Downs - Ticonderoga - Clean Feed - 2015 |
| Celebration [excerpt] Raymond Boni, Jean Marc Foussat, Joe McPhee - The Paris Concert - Kye - 2016 |
| Chance Meeting [various excerpts] Joe McPhee, Graham Lambkin - Chance Meeting - Kye - 2015 |
| Track 2 Joe McPhee, Daunik Lazro, Joshua Abrams, Guillaume Séguron, Chad Taylor - A Pride Of Lions - The Bridge Sessions - 2018 |
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9:13 PM, February 24th, 2021