

Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee, born November 3,1939 in Miami, Florida, USA, is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, conceptualist and theoretician. He is currently the member of Trio X, Survival Unit III and has collaborated with Pauline Oliveros, Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, Raymond Boni, The Thing, Trespass Trio, and Universal Indians among many others. With a career spanning nearly 50 years and over 100 recordings, he continues to tour internationally, forge new connections and reach for music’s outer limits.


3 Nights In Oslo by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1

A Meeting in Chicago by Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark / Kent Kessler

A Night in Alchemia by Joe McPhee / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel

Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979 by Joe McPhee

American Landscapes 1 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

American Landscapes 2 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Angels, Devils and Haints by Joe McPhee

At Molde 2007 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Be Music, Night by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Blue Chicago Blues by Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Broken English by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two

Brooklyn DNA by Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Candy by Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love

Chicago Tentet Woodcut Poster from Brotzmann Chicago Tentet

Common Threads by The Joe McPhee Quintet

Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite) by Joe McPhee & Michael Zerang

Élan, Impulse by Daunik Lazro & Joe McPhee
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ERA [CAA-033] by Joe Morris & Joe McPhee
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Erotic Winds [CAA-002] by Joe McPhee, John Heward & Joe Giardullo

Finger Wigglers by Michael Bisio & Joe McPhee

First Date by Joe McPhee Trio

Flowers by Joe McPhee

For Frank Wright by A.M.I.S. Quartet

Game Theory by Survival Unit III

Guts by Joe McPhee / Peter Brötzmann / Kent Kessler / Michael Zerang

Human Encore by Trespass Trio + Joe McPhee

I See You Baby Shakin’ That Ass by Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee

Ibsen’s Ghosts by Ibsen's Ghosts

Images by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Immediate Sound “Cyclone” Poster from Cricket Press

Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre by Joe McPhee Trio

Impressions of Po Music by Ken Vandermark's Topology Nonet Featuring Joe McPhee

In Black and White by Trio X

In Finland by Joe McPhee / Matthew Shipp / Dominic Duval

Intimate Conversations by Joe McPhee / Mikołaj Trzaska / Jay Rosen

Invitation To a Dream by Susan Alcorn / Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark

Joe McPhee, Evan Parker & Daunik Lazro by Joe McPhee / Evan Parker / Daunik Lazro

Journey by Trio X

Keep Going by Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake

Lark Uprising by Mikołaj Trzaska Ircha Clarinet Quintet Featuring Joe McPhee

Legend Street One by Joe McPhee Quartet

Legend Street Two by Joe McPhee Quartet

Let Our Rejoicing Rise by Joe McPhee & Tomeka Reid

Live at Vassar 1970 by Joe McPhee Quintet / Ernie Bostic Quartet

Live On Tour 2008 by Trio X

Live On Tour 2010 by Trio X

Looking Back by Deep Listening Band with Joe McPhee & Randy Raine-Reusch

Magic by Joe McPhee / Dominic Duval / Jay Rosen / Mikołaj Trzaska

Manhattan Tango by Joe McPhee & Jérôme Bourdellon

Momentum 1 : Stone by Ken Vandermark

Moods: Playing With The Elements by Trio X

Nation Time by Joe McPhee

Nine Ways to Read a Bridge by Ken Vandermark

No Time Left for Sadness by Joe McPhee & Fred Lonberg-Holm

Now Is by Ingebrigt Håker Flaten New York Quartet

Nuclear Family by Joe McPhee & André Jaume

Octoblue by Joe McPhee & Jerome Bourdellon

Of Things Beyond Thule volume 2 by Joe McPhee / Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Brandon Lopez / Paal Nilssen-Love

On Tour… Toronto / Rochester by Trio X

One Day… A Lightning Storm by Joe McPhee

Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet 10th Anniversary Poster from Ken Vandermark

Pieces Of Light by Joe McPhee & John Snyder

Port of Saints by Michael Bisio / Raymond Boni / Dominic Duval / Joe McPhee

Poster of the Catalytic Sound Festival 2023, Chicago by Dan Grzeca
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Prime Numbers [CAA-038] by Paul Lytton, Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark

Red Sky by Paal Nilssen-Love & Joe McPhee

Remembrance by Joe McPhee / Michael Bisio / Raymond Boni / Paul Harding

Roulette At Location One by Trio X

Seven Pieces – Live at Willisau 1995 by Joe McPhee / Evan Parker / Daunik Lazro

She Knows... by The Thing with Joe McPhee

She Knows... by The Thing with Joe McPhee

Short Visit To Nowhere by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two

Signs by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Silk-screened Poster from Dan Grzeca

Six Situations by Joe McPhee / Damon Smith / Alvin Fielder

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue by André Jaume Five

Song for the Big Chief by Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love

Sonic Elements by Joe McPhee

Soul Stream by Michiyo Yagi / Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug

Sound on Sound by Joe McPhee

Sounds Like a Sandwich by Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee

Spontaneous Combustion by Decoy with Joe McPhee

Sweet Freedom – Now What? by Joe McPhee / Lisle Ellis / Paul Plimley

The Brass City by Joe McPhee & Jeb Bishop

The Cerkno Concert by Joe McPhee & Daunik Lazro

The Chicago Octet/Tentet by Peter Brötzmann

The Damage Is Done by Joe McPhee / Peter Brötzmann / Kent Kessler / Michael Zerang

The Dream Book by Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval

The Fire Each Time by DKV Trio + Joe McPhee

The Open Door by Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval

The Sugar Hill Suite by Trio X

The Watermelon Suite by Trio X

The Willisau Concert by Joe McPhee

This Is Our Language by Rodrigo Amado / Joe McPhee / Kent Kessler / Chris Corsano

Ticonderoga by Joe McPhee / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Charles Downs

Tomorrow Came Today by Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love

Trinity by Harold E. Smith / Mike Kull / Joe McPhee

Turtle Crossing by Jumala Quintet

Two Bands and a Legend by Two Bands and a Legend

Underground Railroad + Live At Holy Cross Monastery by Joe McPhee Quartet

Unquenchable Fire by Deep Listening Band / Joe McPhee Quartet

Variations on a Blue Line / ‘Round Midnight by Joe McPhee

Voices: 10 Improvisations by Joe McPhee & John Heward

Walk, Love, Sleep by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

What If / They Both / Could Fly by Evan Parker & Joe McPhee
