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Joe McPhee: Tenor & Fallen Angels
Here, McPhee’s performances parallel that, of a coveted museum piece or perhaps a finely crafted novel. On “Knox”, McPhee provides us with an aural tour of the tenor sax or perhaps offers his personal take on the history of jazz where tenor sax giants such as Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster melded keen thematic invention, the blues and swing into this truly dynamic art-form. Throughout, we can freely recognize McPhee’s total commitment to the matters at hand as he seemingly rediscovers his own roots while blazing forth with stimulating concepts, unimaginable themes, ebullience and blithe spirit. The saxophonist elevates the proceedings to the next level on “Good-Bye Tom” where he trickles machine-like sounds and literally manhandles every conceivable register while vividly demonstrating the broad role of the tenor sax within the evolutionary process or metamorphic state of modern jazz. With “Fallen Angels”, McPhee transposes every unorthodox sound and well-paced note into a comprehensive dissertation that can only originate from the soul as Tenor & Fallen Angels is a brilliant portraiture of a musician who is sharing his sentiments, visualizations and artistic spirit for the entire world to hear! - Essential * * * * *
Joe McPhee; Tenor Sax
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Title: Tenor & Fallen Angels | Year Released: 2000 | Record Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
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