Nuclear Family, by Joe McPhee & André Jaume

Nuclear Family

by Joe McPhee & André Jaume

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jeffrey maurer
A stunning find!
Thanks to CvsD.
Chelsea Bridge -> Come Sunday
Great recording.

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1.	Pithecanthropus Erectus 04:22	info	buy track
2.	Self-Portrait in Three Colors 03:12	info	buy track
3.	Evidence 08:37	info	buy track
4.	Rue St. Jaume 06:07	info	buy track
5.	Blue Monk 07:45	info	buy track
6.	Chelsea Bridge 04:02	info	buy track
7.	Come Sunday 04:39	info	buy track
8.	Nuclear 13:25	info	buy track
9.	Lonely Woman 04:14	info	buy track

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Multi-instrumental master McPhee and his longtime colleague, French saxophonist and clarinetist Jaume, joined forces for this studio recording in 1979 that was prepared but never released. It is primarily structured around pairs of tunes by Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Duke Ellington (or Billy Strayhorn), adding Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" for good measure. The results are stunningly intimate and show the twosome's capacity for creative interplay at a fairly early stage in its unfolding. Mingus's "Pithecanthropus Erectus," which was performed by a larger group on Topology, gets pared down to its essential walking-bass-ness, while Monk's "Evidence" is taken apart, and solo spots by both men are riveting as one would expect. Part of CvsD's ongoing historical effort to unearth and reissue McPhee's important discography, this previously unknown recording will delight existing fans and make new ones.

credits

released May 20, 2019

Joe McPhee, alto and tenor saxophones, pocket cornet, adapted pocket cornet
André Jaume, alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet

McPhee plays solo on track 2.
Jaume plays solo on tracks 4 and 9.

Recorded December 15, 1979, Paris.

Originally recorded and sequenced for release on Hat Hut Records, never issued.

Mastered by Alex Inglizian, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago.

Cover images by Karl Wirsum, c. 1964.

Interior photograph by Christian Ducasse.

Design by David Giordano.

Publications editor, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Emily Letourneau.

Produced by John Corbett

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