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Tag: Joe McPhee

  • All About Jazz Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia Lots of great stuff from All About Jazz today: 21-Jan-09 John Coltrane John Coltrane: The Impulse! Albums – Volume Three (Impulse!) Reviewed by Chris May 21-Jan-09 Matthew Shipp Trio Harmonic Disorder (Thirsty Ear Recordings) Reviewed by Troy Collins 21-Jan-09 David S. Ware Shakti (AUM Fidelity Records) Reviewed by Mark Corroto 21-Jan-09 Boston…

  • Joe McPhee with Trio X and Mikolaj Trzaska at Firehouse 12 in New Haven

    Image via Wikipedia Lyn Horton writes about this recent performance. Magic Firehouse 12 New Haven, Connecticut October 31, 2008 The wonder of magic is captured in transformation: witnessing how seemingly disparate elements merge and evolve into something greater than its parts with an impact that is unexpected and glistens with beauty. That Joe McPhee so…

  • DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

    Image via Wikipedia From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET: November 09, 2008 All By Myshelf, Kornspeicher, Wels Alan Purves Brotzmann-Yagi-Nilssen-Love, Schl8hof, Wels Peter Brotzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love, Michiyo Yagi Mary Oliver & Rozemarie Heggen, Schl8hof, Wels Rozemarie Heggen, Mary Oliver Sol6, Schl8hof, Wels Tony Buck, Mandy Drummond, Luc Ex, Ingrid Laubrock, Hannah Marshall, Veryan Weston Tommy Meier Root Down, Schl8hof,…

  • FDR Trio at RUCMA

    From RUCMA: FDR Trio Monday, November 10 @ 7:30 PM Yippie Café: 9 Bleecker Street, near Bowery General Admission: $10 Students and Seniors: $7 Jam Session @ 9:00: $5 Daniel Levin (cello) Francois Grillot (bass) Robert Dick (flutes) http://www.myspace.com/francoisgrillot http://www.robertdick.net http://www.daniel-levin.com François Grillot, born in Burgundy France, began studying trumpet, then guitar and electric bass.…

  • Joe McPhee’s Intimate Conversations at RUCMA

    Image via Wikipedia From NY’s RUCMA: Start: 10/30/2008 – 10:30pm End: 10/30/2008 – 11:59pm Joe McPhee’s Intimate Conversations featuring Mikolaj Trzaska Thursday, October 30 @ 10:30 pm Living Theatre: 21 Clinton Street, near Houston General Admission: $15 Students and Seniors: $10 Joe McPhee (saxophone & trumpet) Jay Rozen (drums) Mikolaj Trzaska (saxophone & bass clarinet)…

  • Joe McPhee on CIMP Records and on Tour

    Image via Wikipedia From CIMP Records: CIMPoL 5006-5012 TRIO X: Joe McPhee (soprano and tenor sax/ trumpet) – Dominic Duval (bass) – Jay Rosen (drums) Trio X on Tour 2006: Limited Edition Box Set Celebrating Ten Years of TRIO X : This limited edition box documents seven concerts on seven individually packaged compact discs. The…

  • October Point of Departure

    A new Point of Departure is out. Issue 19 – October 2008 Page One: a column by Bill Shoemaker What’s New?: The PoD Roundtable A Fickle Sonance: a column by Art Lange Far Cry: a column by Brian Morton Moment’s Notice: Recent CDs Briefly Reviewed A European Proposal: a column by Francesco Martinelli Travellin’ Light:…

  • AAJ Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia From AAJ: 05-Oct-08 Joe McPhee / Lisle Ellis / Paul Plimley Sweet Freedom – Now What? Hat Hut Records Reviewed by Chris May 04-Oct-08 Alex Maguire Sextet Brewed in Belgium Moonjune Records Reviewed by John Kelman 04-Oct-08 Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Forked Tongue Cuneiform Records Reviewed by Joel Roberts

  • Magic at Firehouse 12

    Image via Wikipedia From Improvised Communications: On Friday, October 31st, the improvising quartet Magic will make its American debut at New Haven’s Firehouse 12. The group adds renowned Polish musician Mikolaj Trzaska to the well-documented rapport of the seminal free-jazz collective, Trio X, featuring multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, bassist Dominic Duval and drummer Jay Rosen, creating…