Jazz Articles about Joe McPhee

About Joe McPhee

Album Review

Trespass Trio + Joe McPhee: Human Encore

Read "Human Encore" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 8, 2013

Sweden-based Trespass Trio aligns with American improvising legend Joe McPhee for a live set, recorded 2012 at Salao Brazil. The artists' camaraderie, gamesmanship, and intuitive synergy become quite evident from the onset. From a holistic perspective, the band's rugged approach balances a prevalent degree of experimentation with familiar modern jazz terrain. Indeed, an audience-pleaser; even by free jazz conventions, the players render a cornucopia of disparate angles and propositions. “A Different Kodo" is immersed in a free-bop ...

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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Now Is

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 9, 2013

Potremmo essere velocissimi. Il bassista norvegese che oggi abbraccia gli orizzonti texani è davvero uno dei musicisti che sono entrati da qualche anno nel gotha del free più creativo e propositivo. La portoghese Clean Feed, che lo sa da qualche tempo, lo santifica nuovamente con questo Now Is che potrebbe davvero essere la definitiva consacrazione di Håker Flaten, crema eccelsa del movimento più intelligente legato alla musica contemporanea. E lui, per non deludere nessuna attesa, benedice il nuovo lavoro lasciando ...

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Joe McPhee - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA

Read "Brooklyn DNA" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 22, 2012

Due anni dopo Blue Chicago Blues (Not Two Records), Joe McPhee e Ingebrigt Haker Flaten riprendono le loro esplorazioni concentrandosi su un altro luogo centrale per il jazz statunitense, Brooklyn. Brooklyn come centro vivo, palpitante della vita sociale e culturale dei neri di New York. Brooklyn come crocevia storico del jazz, popolato di personaggi che tra gli anni quaranta e gli anni sessanta, hanno contribuito ad alimentarne la leggenda. Brooklyn, quartiere che nel corso degli anni ha più volte cambiato ...

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Interview

Joe McPhee: Artistic Sacrifice from a Musical Prophet

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
April 30, 2012

He could have easily chosen a different path: a more successful one or, perhaps we should say, a more commercial one. But that has never been the style or the character of multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee. His saint-like humility reflects a gentle and wise creative spirit; his music and poetry are a mirror into the human condition. He has never catered to the shortsighted vision of industry trends, and he expresses himself with a language that is in tune within his ...

Album Review

Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA

Read "Brooklyn DNA" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 28, 2012

Veteran multi-reedman, trumpeter and consummate improviser Joe McPhee--along with Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten--serenades Brooklyn, NY, with allusions to tenor sax titan Sonny Rollins' historic practice sessions under the Brooklyn Bridge and other inferences from the days of yore, on Brooklyn DNA. In recent years, the borough has enjoyed a bit of momentum with its chic restaurants and music venues, while serving as the residential area of choice for many artists. This duo's intimacy and like-minded communion of musical spirits ...

Live Review

Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III with Evan Parker: London, England, March 23, 2012

by John Sharpe
April 22, 2012

Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III with Evan ParkerCafé OtoLondonMarch 23, 2012Over the past three years north London's Cafe Oto has built a solid, predominantly young audience for adventurous music. Part of the secret has been programming world class talent over multiple nights and pairing them with the cream of the capital's improvisers, many of whom deserve the world-class epithet in their own right. That was certainly the case this Friday evening, on the cusp of ...

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Joe McPhee - Michael Zerang: Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 30, 2012

Joe McPhee fa parte degli improvvisatori più prolifici su disco, ma anche di quelli più ignorati. Piuttosto schivo, concentrato soltanto sulla musica, è invece tra i musicisti più riflessivi e in relazione con ciò che lo circonda. Questo bel duetto con il percussionista Michael Zerang è legato a memorie di New Orleans e di tutta la storia che questa città rappresenta. Non che c'entri nulla lo stile di jazz omonimo - McPhee guarda al passato soltanto in funzione di un ...