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McPhee, Joe / Tomeka Reid: Let Our Rejoicing Rise [VINYL]

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 32615
Catalog Code: CvsDLP008
Country: USA
 
Price: $22.95



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Preceded by Joe McPhee's reading of two poems — "Alone Together" and "Nation Time For Real This Time" — tenor saxophonist & trumpeter Joe McPhee and cellist Tomeka Reid observe the first observance as an official US Holiday of Juneteenth, after the reading performing an emotional 33-minute improvisation that includes the 19th century hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing".


McPhee, Joe / John Edwards: Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltrane)

Label: Klanggalerie
Product Code: 32558
Catalog Code: GG416
Country: Austria
 
Price: $18.95



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The incredible first meeting between legendary saxophonist Joe McPhee and double bassist John Edwards is this performance at the 2019 Artacts festival in Austria, a powerfully reflective free jazz concert with McPhee speaking & preaching about the loss of giants John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and James Baldwin, as they stand upon their shoulders through free music.


McPhee, Joe / Evan Parker: Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves)

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 31242
Catalog Code: CvsDCD085
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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A confluence of masterful playing through two soprano & two tenor saxophones plus one pocket cornet, as Evan Parker and Joe McPhee perform live in 2003 at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of the Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music, weaving lines with intricately relaxed confidence and coming together for beautiful moments of lyrical connection.


McPhee, Joe: Route 84 Quarantine Blues (Black Cross Solo Sessions 2)

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 31239
Catalog Code: CvsD CD081
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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One of Corbett vs. Dempsey's Black Cross Solo Sessions, Joe McPhees approaches his album recorded during pandemic lockdown in his home through tenor sax, voice, water, objects and field recordings, the center of the album a cycle of compositions by Charles Mingus, alongside works by Carla Bley and influences by Joni Mitchell, and a virtual symphony of saxes on the title track.


McPhee, Joe / Michael Bisio / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Juma Sultan: The Sweet Spot

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 31093
Catalog Code: ROG-0114
Country: France
 
Price: $15.95



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Bringing together four masterful players into the studio in NYC--Joe McPhee on saxophones, Michael Bisio on double bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Juma Sultan on percussion--for a set of with one composition each from McPhee, Sultan and Lonberg-Holm, two collective improvisations, Charlie Haden's "Human Being" and Henry Grimes "For Django".


McPhee, Joe / Michael Marcus / Jay Rosen / Warren Smith: Blue Reality Quartet!

Label: Mahakala Music
Product Code: 30796
Catalog Code: MAHA-015
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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Woodwind player Michael Marcus' duo with drummer Jay Rosen performed with fellow reedsman Joe McPhee and a 2nd drummer at the Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf in 2018, the concept so appealing that he took it to the studio in New York, with Warren Smith handling the 2nd drum part and cementing this unusually orchestrated and elegantly passionate band as "The Blue Reality Quartet".


McPhee, Joe / Jen Clare Paulson / Brian Labycz: The Mystery J [VINYL]

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 30556
Catalog Code: CvsDLP001
Country: USA
 
Price: $19.95



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Taking its title from the rum-running yacht on which McPhee's father sailed from Nassau to Miami, this free electroaoustic improvised concert with Joe McPhee on pocket cornet & alto saxophone, Jen Clare Paulson on viola and Brian Labycz on electronics was captured live in 2014 at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during Okka Fest 6, released as CvsD's first vinyl LP.


McPhee, Joe : Black Is The Color: Live in Poughkeepsie and New Windsor, 1969-70 [2CDS]

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 29475
Catalog Code: CvsDCD069
Country: USA
 
Price: $18.95



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Unreleased material from Joe McPhee's archives, three live settings of the saxophonist and pocket trumpeter in upstate NY: a quartet with vibraphonist Ernie Bostic and the rhythm section of Tyrone Crabb and Bruce Thompson live at Vassar College; live in New Windsor with saxophonist Reggie Marks; and an outdoor concert at Poughkeepsie's Lincoln Centre.


McPhee, Joe / Paal Nilssen Love: Song for the Big Chief

Label: PNL
Product Code: 28295
Catalog Code: PNL-046
Country: Norway
 
Price: $14.95



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Named for Sunny Murray's 1969 album "Big Chief", the long-runing collaborations of tenor saxophonist & pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee and drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love pay tribute to the late drummer Sunny Murray in this concert recording at London's Cafe Oto for a dynamic dialog of free jazz, with two nuanced free improv pieces including a "Fantasy for Lester [Bowie]".


McPhee, Joe / Graham Lambkin / Charlie Mcphee / Oliver Lambkin: Live in the Batcave [VINYL]

Label: Black Truffle
Product Code: 28223
Catalog Code: BT 054LP
Country: Australia
 
Price: $29.95



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A fly-on-the-wall hang out with virtual drinking buddies--saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee and his brother Charlie, and sound artist Graham Lambkin, who brought along his son Oliver--hanging at Charlie's in Poughkeepsie, NY, captured by an open mic as they tip back a few, play records, instruments, discussing life and music, and end in a singalong.


McPhee, Joe / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel: A Night In Alchemia

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 28033
Catalog Code: MW992-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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The working trio of New York trumpeter & saxophonist Joe McPhee, London double bassist John Edwards, and German drummer Klaus Kugel, actively touring through Europe since 2017, are heard live at Alchemia in Krakow, Poland in 2018, for four monumental examples of free improvisation in superlative playing with intense rhythmic interaction and deeply expressive soloing.


McPhee, Joe / Paal Nilssen-Love: Lift Every Voice And Sing [VINYL]

Label: Smalltown Superjazzz / Actions for Free Jazz
Product Code: 27939
Catalog Code: STSAFJ 200LP
Country: Norway
 
Price: $24.95



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Smalltown Supersound's sublabel Actions for Free Jazz presents this live concert at Oslo's St. Edmund's Church from the duo of frequent collaborators Joe McPhee on pocket trumpet & tenor saxophone, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums and percussion, featuring compositions by James Weldon Johnson, Thelonious Monk and Joe McPhee plus two by McPhee and Nilssen-Love.


McPhee, Joe / John Butcher: At The Hill Of James Magee

Label: Trost Records
Product Code: 26878
Catalog Code: TROST 174CD
Country: Austria
 
Price: $16.95



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Two legendary saxophonists--New York's Joe McPhee on alto and UK's John Butcher on tenor--meet at "The Hill" in the Chihuahuan Desert in Texas, where artist James Magee is building a set of raised buildings arranged on the compass points to house his work, providing fascinating resonant properties for McPhee & Butcher's exceptional interaction.


McPhee, Joe / Mats Gustafsson: Brace For Impact

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 26574
Catalog Code: CvsDCD055
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Drawing on many collaborations, from Peter Brotzmann's large groups to Gustafsson's The Thing, this duo album recorded in 2008 is finally issued to unleash 1 blistering album of saxophone duos, Joe McPhee on altos sax, alto clarinet, pocket trumpet and voice, with Gustafsson on baritone and slide saxophone, alto fluteophone and live electronics; brace yourself!


McPhee, Joe: Nation Time

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 26573
Catalog Code: CvsDCD054
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Keeping this essential album in print, Corbett vs Dempsey reissues the saxophonist & pocket trumpeter's 1971 release on the CJR label alongside 3 bonus tracks, a smoking album titled for a poem by Amiri Baraka, captured live at Vassar College Urban Center for Black Studies with Mike Kull (piano), Tyrone Crabb (bass), Bruce Thompson (percussion) and Ernest Bostic (percussion).


McPhee, Joe / Hamid Drake: Keep Going

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 26572
Catalog Code: CVSD053CD
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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The second duo album between saxophonist & pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee and drummer/frame drummer Hamid Drake begins with McPhee reciting words by Harriett Tubman (Keep Going), as the two inform and astound through masterful playing, together and solo, shaking the listener through intense and unambiguously clear playing, with pieces reflecting our world situation.


McPhee, Joe : One Day... A Lightning Storm [10-inch VINYL]

Label: Sound American/Pleasure of the Text Records
Product Code: 26550
Catalog Code: s-N4RZ5
Country: USA
 
Price: $16.95



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Originally recorded as an interview with Corbett vs. Dempsey's John Corbett over two days at Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio, this limited interview 10-include LP is a profound documentation of one artist's path through discovering their voice while negotiating one of the most profoundly disturbing periods in American history; includes a 20 page booklet.


McPhee, Joe / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel: Journey to Parazzar

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 26128
Catalog Code: MW975-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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Recorded at Metallurgov House Of Culture in the Ukraine as the 2nd concert of their tour, the trio of Joe McPhee (trumpet, alto saxophone), John Edwards (double bass), and Klaus Kugel (drums) present a masterful concert that includes a 29-minute "Re-Hairing In Zaporozhye" a 19-minute "To Rush At The Wind", and a wonderfully unconventional tribute to Cecil Taylor.


McPhee, Joe: The Willisau Concert

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 25135
Catalog Code: CD0040
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Recorded in 1975 at the Swiss Willisau Jazz Festival, Joe McPhee's trio with John Synder on synth and Makaya Ntshoko on drums, and McPhee on tenor and sopranox sax, was Hat Hut's 2nd release and has been out of print since; Corbett vs. Dempsey asked McPhee what unavailable album he'd like to see in print, and this suberb album was his first choice.


McPhee, Joe / Damon Smith / Alvin Fielder: Six Situations

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 24193
Catalog Code: MW 954-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $16.95



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Frequent collaborators, West Coast double bassist Damon Smith and AACM charter member Alvin Fielder on drums travel north to join free improv saxophone legend Joe McPhee at Roulette in New York City in 2016, recording this excellent example of informed free improvisation.


McPhee, Joe / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Bricktop

Label: Trost Records
Product Code: 22962
Catalog Code: TROST 157CD
Country: UK
 
Price: $16.95



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Live recordings at Sugar Maple/Okka Fest in 2015 from the duo of saxophonist Joe McPhee on tenor & soprano, and double bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, in a set dedicated to Paris jazz singer and club owner Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, aka Bricktop.


McPhee, Joe / Raymond Boni: Live From The Magic City (Birmingham, Alabama)

Label: Trost Records
Product Code: 22961
Catalog Code: TROST 151CD
Country: UK
 
Price: $16.95



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During the 80s, free jazz saxophonist Joe McPhee teamed up with French guitarist Raymond Boni to perform and release albums; this live concert at the University of Alabama is from that period, an excellent example instant composition inspired by Eric Dolphy.


McPhee, Joe / Andre Jaume: Nuclear Family

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 22705
Catalog Code: CvsDCD031
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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In 1979 saxophonist/cornetist Joe McPhee met French reedist Andre Jaume in Paris to record this exceptional album of standards, drawing on works from Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Duke and Ellington, and Ornette Coleman; melodic, poignant, emotional and insightful jazz.


McPhee, Joe : Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 21488
Catalog Code: CvsDCD021
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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In 1979 Joe McPhee, working with CJR produced Craig Johnson, recorded this set of overdubbed recordings of himself performing on saxes, trumpet and flugelhorn over original compositions showcasing solo, duo, trio and quartet contexts, an album of virtual McPhee ensembles!


McPhee, Joe: Sonic Elements

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 17900
Catalog Code: CF278
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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A distinctive solo album from legendary New York saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, playing two extended solo improvisations, one dedicated to the late trumpeter Don Cherry, and one to innovative saxophonist Ornette Coleman.


McPhee, Joe: The Loneliest Woman [CD EP]

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 17119
Catalog Code: CvsDcd008
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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A rich and unusual interpretation of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" recorded in Boswil, Switzerland in 1981 with McPhee, Pierre Favre, Irene Schweizer, Radu Malfatti, Daniel Bourquin, &c., in its first-ever release.


McPhee, Joe: Variations on a Blue Line / 'Round Midnight

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 17118
Catalog Code: CvsDcd007
Country: USA
 
Price: $12.95



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A much-needed reissue of McPhee's 1979 Hat Hut LP documenting his 1977 concert at Salle Ste Croix des Pelletiers, performing 3 original compositions and Monk's "Round Midnight" with incredible skill and inventiveness.


Mcphee, Joe & Chris Corsano: Scraps and Shadows [VINYL]

Label: Roaratorio
Product Code: 16682
Catalog Code: ROAR 026LP
Country: USA
 
Price: $15.95



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The second release from the duo of Joe McPhee and Chris Corsano, seven pieces from ballads to combustible free playing in an album dedicated to Fred Anderson, Paul Flaherty, Han Bennink, Kidd Jordan, &c.


Mcphee, Joe / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15878
Catalog Code: CF244
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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A project about the rich jazz history of Brooklyn, NY, recorded in that burrough by NY saxophonist Joe McPhee & bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, referencing Putnam Central, The Blue Coronet, Sonny Rollins, and Brooklyn itself.


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

Label: NoBusiness
Product Code: 15160
Catalog Code: NBCD 32
Country: Lithuania
 
Price: $15.95



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Saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee and drummer Michael Zerang recorded this suite of superb duos live at Big Top in New Orleans, LA in the fall of 2009, extended, unusual and masterful improvisation.


McPhee, Joe / Lisle, Ellis / Plimley, Paul: Sweet Freedom - Now What?

Label: Hatology
Product Code: 10250
Catalog Code: Hatology602
Country: Switzerland
 
Price: $17.95



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The trio of Joe McPhee, Lisle Ellis and Paul Plimley in this important '95 reissue, playing music from and for Max Roach in a drum-less trio, a remarkable album!


McPhee, Joe / Survival Unit II / Thorton, Clifford: N.Y., N.Y., 1971

Label: Hatology
Product Code: 06194
Catalog Code: Hatology624
Country: Switzerland
 
Price: $17.95



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