19.11.05
Joe McPhee vs. The Thing
Sobre o trio Escandinavo, The Thing, o veterano multi-instrumentista Joe McPhee disse há dias ao jornal norte-americano Houston Chronical: "Something like a garage punk Albert Ayler meets Led Zeppelin".
Ainda sobre Joe McPhee, prossegue o Houston Chronicle: «For all this outsider cred, the music McPhee makes isn't undigestible in the least. A strong blues feel runs through it, and even at its most dissonant, it remains passionate and authentic. But few labels create cultural cold shoulders like "free jazz" does.
"I do think there is a great deal of prejudgment to the kind of labels, categorization and commercial value placed on everything today," McPhee says.
“Not that this is a particularly new concept, it just makes it easier for the leisure class not to have to bother with individual thought. (Legendary jazz drummer) Max Roach once said, 'The purpose of art is to make us feel something. We can love it or hate it, but we cannot be indifferent to it”.
McPhee's background was traditional enough. He was born in Florida, did a stint in a R&B band and moved toward traditional jazz. But his musical psyche was rearranged, as many are, by the new musical directions initiated by the likes of Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy and Albert Ayler.
From that point forward, McPhee was removed from any mainstream jazz movement, no big loss as the era was a low point of lightweight fusion and burgeoning neotraditionalism that continues to reheat a vintage (and admittedly marvelous) sound.
McPhee, who's made more than 40 recordings as a session leader, created his improvisational approach based on the work of philosopher Edward de Bono; he called it "Po Mus
ic". It's based on a type of lateral thinking that would require substantial space for McPhee to sufficiently explain: In a nutshell, it puts a premium on provocation.
"Jazz is a difficult term that means different things to different people," he says. "There can be great composition — Duke Ellington was a complex composer. But I'm more interested in pure improvisation; it feels more dangerous, more interesting to me. Mostly it's about telling stories"». (Transcrito do artigo de Andrew Dansby).
Abrem-se as portas do estabelecimento com o Trio X - Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval e Jay Rosen: Journey (CIMP 283). Pura improvisação. Enquanto não chega o novo Moods: Playing with the Elements.
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@ 19.11.05 Ainda sobre Joe McPhee, prossegue o Houston Chronicle: «For all this outsider cred, the music McPhee makes isn't undigestible in the least. A strong blues feel runs through it, and even at its most dissonant, it remains passionate and authentic. But few labels create cultural cold shoulders like "free jazz" does.
"I do think there is a great deal of prejudgment to the kind of labels, categorization and commercial value placed on everything today," McPhee says.
“Not that this is a particularly new concept, it just makes it easier for the leisure class not to have to bother with individual thought. (Legendary jazz drummer) Max Roach once said, 'The purpose of art is to make us feel something. We can love it or hate it, but we cannot be indifferent to it”.
McPhee's background was traditional enough. He was born in Florida, did a stint in a R&B band and moved toward traditional jazz. But his musical psyche was rearranged, as many are, by the new musical directions initiated by the likes of Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy and Albert Ayler.
From that point forward, McPhee was removed from any mainstream jazz movement, no big loss as the era was a low point of lightweight fusion and burgeoning neotraditionalism that continues to reheat a vintage (and admittedly marvelous) sound.
McPhee, who's made more than 40 recordings as a session leader, created his improvisational approach based on the work of philosopher Edward de Bono; he called it "Po Mus
ic". It's based on a type of lateral thinking that would require substantial space for McPhee to sufficiently explain: In a nutshell, it puts a premium on provocation."Jazz is a difficult term that means different things to different people," he says. "There can be great composition — Duke Ellington was a complex composer. But I'm more interested in pure improvisation; it feels more dangerous, more interesting to me. Mostly it's about telling stories"». (Transcrito do artigo de Andrew Dansby).
Abrem-se as portas do estabelecimento com o Trio X - Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval e Jay Rosen: Journey (CIMP 283). Pura improvisação. Enquanto não chega o novo Moods: Playing with the Elements.
