Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939 in Miami , Florida ) is an African American jazz musician . He plays the trumpet , trombone and various saxophones .
Live and act
Joe McPhee started playing the trumpet when he was eight years old when he received lessons from his father. He later played in the high school band and in a military band during his US Army time in Germany. His career began in the 1960s in ensembles by Don Cherry , among others . His first record was made in 1967 with Clifford Thornton , Freedom and Unity . From the late 1960s he recorded a number of albums on Craig Johnson's CjR label, such as Underground Railroad 1969, Nation Time 1970, Trinity 1971 and Pieces of Light 1974.
From the mid-1970s he was known for a number of sensational recordings in Europe, which the Swiss label HatHut Records by Werner X. Uehlinger recorded with him, such as the album Tenor in 1976. During this time, McPhee lived in Europe and worked with the from Marseille coming guitarist Raymond Boni and saxophonist André Jaume built up on his albums Old Eyes & Mysteries (1979/1980) and Topology participated (1991). In 1991 they created the album Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre together .
Since the 1990s, McPhee worked in various collaborations with the younger generation of musicians from Chicago and recorded a number of albums for the avant-garde label CIMP . He played with musicians such as Frank Lowe , Dominic Duval , Jay Rosen , Ken Vandermark , Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker . By 2007 he had published around 100 recordings under his name. He currently forms the Survival Unit Trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Michael Zerang on drums .
Together with Roy Campbell , William Parker and Warren Smith he plays in the project A Tribute to Albert Ayler .
Discographic notes
- Survival Unit II with Clifford Thornton: At WBAI's Free Music Store, 1971 (HatHut, 1971, ed. 1996)
- Oleo & a Future Retrospective (HatHut Records, 1982)
- As Serious As Your Life (HatOLOGY, 1996) solo
- Legend Street One (CIMP, 1996) with Frank Lowe, David Prentie, Charles Moffett
- A Meeting in Chicago (CIMP, 1996) with Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler
- In the Spirit (CIMP, 1999) with Dominic Duval
- Mr. Peabody Goes to Baltimore (2000)
- Sugar Hill Suite (CIMP, 2004) with Duval, Jay Rosen
- Playing with the Elements (CIMP, 2004) dto.
- Everything Happens for a Reason (Roaratorio, 2004) solo
- In Finland ( Cadence , 2005) with Duval, Matthew Shipp
- Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III: Synchronicity (Harmonic Convergence, 2011)
- Decoy & Joe McPhee: Oto (Bo Weavil, 2011) with Alexander Hawkins , Steve Noble , John Edwards
- Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten : Brooklyn DNA ( Clean Feed , 2012)
- Trespass Trio & Joe McPhee: Human Encore ( Clean Feed Records , 2013), with Martin Küchen , Per Zanussi , Raymond Strid
- Raymond Boni / Jean-Marc Foussat / Joe McPhee: The Paris Concert (KYE Records, 2016)
- Trio X: The Watermelon Suite (1998, ed. 2017), with Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen
- In Black and White (rec. 1999, 2001, ed. 2017), with Duval, Rosen
- Joe McPhee / Michael Zerang : Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite) (catalytic sound, 2006, ed. 2017)
- Six Situations MW954-2 ( Not Two Records , 2017), with Damon Smith , Alvin Fielder
- Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval: Dream Book (2017)
- Joe McPhee / Hamid Drake: Keep Going (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2018)
- Joe McPhee / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel: A Night in Alchemia (Not Two, 2019)
- Joe McPhee / John Butcher: At The Hill of James Magee (Consolation, 2019)
- Joe McPhee / Mats Gustafsson: Brace for Impact (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2019)
- Joe McPhee / Fred Lonberg Holm: No Time Left for Sadness (Corbett vs Dempsey, 2020)
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Works by Joe McPhee in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joe McPhee's website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McPhee, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami , Florida |