Joe McPhee

McPhee worked across jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and musician. The registers place that work in jazz and free jazz. This article rests on 92 catalogued compositions, 1 published texts, 151 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 13 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Joe McPhee • Born — 3 November 1939 • Birthplace — Miami, Florida, U.S. • Instrument — Saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, critic, educator • Label — hat Hut, CIMP • Website — www.joemcphee.com • Illustration — Joe McPhee, Mœrs Festival 2010 • Illustration — At the Empty Bottle, Chicago, November 4, 2004

McPhee was born in Miami, Florida, on November 3, 1939. He began playing trumpet when he was eight, before learning other instruments. He played in various high school and then military bands before starting his recording career. His first recording came in 1967, when he appeared on the Clifford Thornton album entitled Freedom and Unity. McPhee taught himself saxophone at the age of 32 after experiencing the music of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Ornette Coleman. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, McPhee lectured on jazz music at Vassar College. In 1975, Werner Uehlinger started the Swiss label Hathut Records with the specific intent of showcasing McPhee's music. In the 1980s, McPhee met Pauline Oliveros, began studying her musical theories, and worked with her Deep Listening Band. He has not yet signed with any major label in his native United States, and was possibly better known throughout Europe than his native country until the 1990s. His 1996 album As Serious As Your Life, which takes its title from the jazz book by Val Wilmer, is "arguably the finest of his solo recordings", according to the AllMusic review. Jazz musicians with whom McPhee has recorded or performed include Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Jeb Bishop, The Thing, Clifton Hyde, Jérôme Bourdellon, Raymond Boni, and Joe Giardullo. Since 1998, McPhee, Dominic Duval, and Jay Rosen have performed and recorded as Trio X. In the 1990s Dominique Eade and McPhee had a jazz ensemble called Naima. McPhee has written reviews and commentary for Cadence. In 2005, McPhee was awarded the Resounding Vision Award by Nameless Sound. In 2015, McPhee played a series of 50th anniversary concerts with Canadian noise pioneers Nihilist Spasm Band in three Canadian cities.

• Rapture (Cadence Jazz, 1999) • The Watermelon Suite (CIMP, 1999) • On Tour (Cadence Jazz, 2001) • In Black and White (Cadence Jazz, 2002) • Journey (CIMP, 2003) • The Sugar Hill Suite (CIMP, 2004) • Moods: Playing with the Elements (CIMP, 2005) • Roulette at Location One (Cadence Jazz, 2005) • Air: Above and Beyond (CIMPol, 2006) • 2006 U.S. Tour (CIMPol, 2007) • Live in Vilnius (NoBusiness, 2008) • Live On Tour 2008 (CIMPol, 2010) • Live On Tour 2010 (CIMPol, 2012)

• Don’t Postpone Joy! (Rai Trade, 2006) • Syncronicity] (Harmonic Convergence, 2011) • Game Theory (Not Two Records, 2013) • Barrow Street Blues (Holidays Records, 2015) • Straylight (Pink Palace, 2015) • Straylight (Live at Jazzhouse Copenhagen) (Astral Spirits, Monofonus Records, 2015)

• A Future Retospective (Hat Hut, 1983) – compiles Old Eyes and Oleo • Nation Time: The Complete Recordings (1969-70) (Corbett vs Dempsy, 2013) – Compiles Nation Times and Black Magic Man with 2 CDs of unreleased live recordings • The CjR Years (Bo'Weevil, 2014) – 4LP Box Set compiles Underground Railroad, Nation Time, Trinity and Pieces of Light

With Peter Brötzmann • The Chicago Octet/Tentet (Okka Disc, 1998) • American Landscapes 1 (Okka Disc, 2007) • American Landscapes 2 (Okka Disc, 2007) • 3 Nights in Oslo (Smalltown Superjazzz, 2010) With Roy Campbell, William Parker & Warren Smith • Tribute to Albert Ayler Live at the Dynamo (Marge Records, 2009) With the C. T. String Quartet • Reqiphoenix Nexus (Cadence Jazz, 1999 [2006]) With Dominic Duval • Live in Concert (Cadence Jazz, 1999) • Cries and Whispers (Cadence Jazz, 1999 [2001]) • Undersound (Leo, 2000) • Undersound II (Leo, 2003) • Rules Of Engagement, Vol. 2 (Drimala, 2004) With Joe Fonda • Heat Suite (Konnex, 2003) With Joe Giardullo • Shadow & Light (Drimala, 2002) With Jimmy Giuffre and André Jaume • River Station (CELP, 1993) With Raphe Malik • Sympathy (Boxholder, 2002) with Donald Robinson With Mat Maneri • Sustain (Thirsty Ear, 2002) With the Nihilist Spasm Band • No Borders (Non Musica Rex, 2001) With Evan Parker • The Redwood Session (CIMP, 1995) With Jamie Saft • Ticonderoga (Clean Feed, 2015) With Clifford Thornton • Freedom & Unity (Third World Records, 1967) With The Thing • She Knows... (Crazy Wisdom, 2001)

Joe McPhee is recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Recorded with the occupation saxophonist. Recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre free jazz. Established in Library of Congress under no91021332. Recorded as saxophonist, composer and musician. Established in Discogs under 18813.