Music Style Jazz

Musical Influences John Coltrane, Clifford Thornton

Instruments Saxophones, cornet, keyboards

Albums Grand Marquis

Press Reviews "Probably the best saxophone/ cornet instrumentalist in the history of jazz." - Cadence Magazine "Highly recommended... Mr. McPhee's first extended stay at a New York club is even more valuable for its rarity." ~ "The New York Times," 8/98 "What was noticeable above all wasn't the facility and speed of his playing but the quality of sound itself... a brave set... Mr. McPhee is intellectual about his music, but the high point of the set spilled over into surprisingly emotional territory...not unlike what Rahsaan Roland Kirk did with folk songs and Jimi Hendrix did with 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'" ~ Ben Ratliff review, "The New York Times," 8/98. "Joe McPhee has been a leading new improviser for 30 years, and his solo set would have been hard for anyone to follow. A multi-instrumentalist who performed on soprano sax, tenor sax, and cornet, McPhee employed harmonics and other extended techniques with absolute clarity, and wedded an astonishing control of circular breathing with the shaping instincts that turn experiment into art. He was also unafraid to play melody..." ~ Bob Blumenthal reviewing the Autumn Uprising Festival in Cambridge, Mass., "The Boston Globe," 11/99

Location Poughkeepsie, NY - USA

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