JOE MCPHEE

Shadow & Light

Shadow & Light features multi-instrumentalists Joe Giardullo and Joe McPhee backed by the rhythm section of Tani Tabbal and Mike Bisio. Recorded on the morning of September 11, 2001 a hundred miles from downtown New York City during the tragic confluence of events that changed our world forever...the music stands apart. A tribute, yes. A memorial, yes. A prayer, yes. An anguished cry from deep within, yes. The music is all of these, and none of these.

The session that was planned for that morning did not occur, but the session that was captured gives voice to the collective emotions of four musicians performing at the very highest level of improvisation and their art...giving an entirely new understanding to being in and responding to the moment. Each working alone, trying to reconcile images and feelings that could not be readily processed, yet somehow finding solace in making music with one another. Quite simply that was the session that was captured, and that is the session we bring you as Shadow & Light with the greatest pride and deepest humility.

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As Serious As Your Life

McPhee on reeds, pocket cornet, piano and electronics. McPhee writes, "For me, 1996, was an important ... year in which I decided to pursue what I called Project Dream Keeper . The goal, to begin realizing projects which had been shelved for years...I sincerely hope this is a new beginning...(a) return to the roots of my solo performances. Limited edition.

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Common Threads

The Joe McPhee Quintet recorded live on October 19, 1995, at The Tractor in Seattle. This phenomenal seventh night performance at the Earshot Jazz Festival garnered the quintet BEST CONCERT in the Earshot Golden Ear Awards. The CD features Joe McPhee, sax and pocket trumpet; Stuart Dempster, trombone; Loren Dempster, cello; Michael Bisio, bass; and Eyvind Kang, violin. Spirit Traveler , which is the longest cut, is a tribute to McPhee's long time inspiration, Don Cherry, who, coincidentally died on the day of the concert.

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Sweet Freedom! Now What?

This new recording features Lisle Ellis on bass, Paul Plimley on piano and McPhee on alto clarinet and saxophone. Music focuses on the compositions of percussionist Max Roach. (European import)

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PO Music

Joe McPhee's four PO Music recordings document a ten year body of work. McPhee's paradigm evolves from the work of philosopher Edward de Bono, whose concept of Lateral Thinking is an aesthetic based on the notion of "provocation" as a source of improvisational cues. McPhee began adapting the concept to the realization of his own works. Derived from words like possible, positive, poetry and hypothesis, the word PO is used as a language indicator to show that the process of provocation is being used to move from one fixed set of ideas in an attempt to discover new ones. The discs are issued by Hat Hut on their Jazz Series recordings.

1. Old Eyes & Mysteries

Partly dedicated to author, artist, psychotherapist IONE and her work with Woman's Mysteries, this recording of McPhee's works features performers Joe McPhee, Fritz Hauser and Urs Leimgruber. (European import)

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2. Topology

Features a scorching rendition of the Charles Mingus classic, Pithecanthropus Erectus. Band members include Raymond Boni, Daniel Bourquin, Pierre Favre, André Jaume, Radu Malfatti, François Mechali, Michael Overhage, Irène Schweizer and Tamia. (European import)

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3. Linerar B

An ancient Minoan language, Linear B proved to be as tough to crack as the Second World War Enigma code. Listening to the music is like encountering a private language. Includes a striking version of Wayne Shorter's Footprints. Features performers McPhee, André Jaume, Urs Leimgruber, Léon Francioli, Christy Doran, Raymond Boni and Fritz Hauser. (European import)

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4. Oleo & A Future Retrospective

A timely re-issue of the 1982 studio session with a newly released live set from the same date, this disc is a tribute to Miles Davis. Recorded during McPhee's time in Europe with musicians Raymond Boni, guitar, and Albert Ayler, vocals. (European import)

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on Tosca Salad

A tasty variety of free improvisations excerpted from recordings of Deep Listening Band rehearsals and of the Band in concert. Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and David Gamper are featured exploiting the sonoric and spatial palette of the Expanded Instrument System. Performers Julie Lyon Rose, Fritz Hauser, Urs Leimgruber, Ben Neill, Joe McPhee, Joe Giardullo, Ellen Fullman, Nigel Jacobs and Elise Gould appear as guest artists. A wonderful chronological acoustic essay of the Band's work over the last two years. (1995)

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onSanctuary

A truly inspiring collection of live performances by Deep Listening Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and David Gamper. Recorded entirely within the acoustically warm sanctuary of Trinity United Methodist Church, Kingston, New York, the Band is joined on several cuts by guest performers including Thomas Buckner, Julie Lyon Balliet, Joe McPhee, Margarit Shenker, Nego Gato, Carol Chappell, Jason Finkleman and Women Who Drum. (1995)

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Uquenchable Fire

"Joe McPhee's Unquenchable Fire, a work inspired by Rachel Pollack's award-winning novel of the same title, was commissioned by The Deep Listening Institute for the Deep Listening Band and premiered at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors. The Deep Listening Band explores the sensual combination of musical sound combined with natural sound, as well as the sounds of daily life and one's own thoughts." Item number DL-CD-19; CD $16.00

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Joe McPhee

Born in Miami, Florida, in 1939 into a family rich in musical traditions, McPhee's musical career began at age 8 when his father, an accomplished trumpeter, started his son on that instrument. During McPhee's army career from 1963-65, he studied traditional harmony and theory and was introduced, as a practioner, to the world of jazz. In 1968 he began his investigations of the saxophone. Since then, he has been on a musical search through improvisation, conceptual studies and composition. He has focused on various aspects of acoustic and electronic music. Major performances have included the Newport Jazz Festival, Willisau Jazz Festival, New Music America, Festival Musique Actuelle.

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