Joe McPhee

Joe McPhee ( born November 3, 1939 in Miami, Florida) is an African-American jazz musicians. He plays trumpet, trombone, and various saxophones.

Life and work

Joe McPhee played just eight trumpet when he was taught by his father. Later he played in high school band and during his U.S. Army time in Germany in a military band. His career began in the 1960s, among others, in ensembles of Don Cherry. His first gramophone recording was created in 1967 with Clifford Thornton, " Freedom and Unity ". From the late 1960s he took on Craig Johnson's CJR label a series of albums, such as " Underground Railroad " in 1969, "Nation Time" in 1970, "Trinity" in 1971 and "Pieces of Light" 1974.

From the mid- 1970s, he became known for a series of sensational recordings in Europe, which started the Swiss label HatHut Records by Werner X. Uehlinger with him, as the album " Tenor " in 1976. During this time McPhee lived in Europe and worked with a native of Marseille guitarist Raymond Boni and saxophonist André Jaume together who participated on his albums " Old Eyes & Mysteries" (1979/1980) and " Topology " (1991). In 1991, together the album " Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre "

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 has played with musicians such as Frank Lowe, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen, Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker. By 2007, he has published some 100 recordings recordings under his name. Currently, he is with Fred Lonberg -Holm on cello and Michael Zerang on percussion, the trio Survival Unit.

Along with Roy Campbell, William Parker and Warren Smith, he plays in the project A Tribute to Albert Ayler.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Oleo & a Future Retrospective ( HatHut Records, 1982)
  • As Serious As Your Life ( Hatology, 1996) solo
  • 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
  • Ditto Playing with the Elements ( CIMP, 2004)
  • 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 / Haker Flaten Ingebrigt: Brooklyn DNA ( Clean Feed, 2012)
  • Trespass Trio & Joe McPhee: Human Encore ( Clean Feed Records, 2013), with Martin Kitchen, Per Zanussi, Raymond Strid
Don Cherry (trumpeter) Craig Johnson (ice hockey b. 1972) Fred Lonberg-Holm Orchestral percussion Roy Campbell, Jr. William Parker (musician) Warren Smith (jazz musician) Charles Moffett Cadence Jazz Records Ian Carr Brian Priestley Richard Cook (journalist) Name Authority File
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