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Sound on Sound

by Joe McPhee

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Sound on Sound is a two-CD set of these previously unreleased solo recordings by Poughkeepsie, NY, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, dating from 1968 to 1973. The extraordinary tracks document the very early years of McPhee's tenor playing (he was intitally a trumpet player, though he was an absolute natural saxophonist) and his omnivorous interest in sound-making devices of all types (from drone organ to nagoya harp, by way of soprano sax and hand percussion). They present a little-known aspect of his early work, his interest in multi-track recording, here executed on a device known as a Sound On Sound tape machine. When he performed live in concert with the device, he called it his "Survival Unit." McPhee aficionados will particularly enjoy the new-old soul/free jazz classic "Cosmic Love." Featuring McPhee solo on tenor saxophone, toy piano, toy percussion, recorder, soprano saxophone, Space Organ, flute, feedback, kalimba, echoplex, and percussion.


Recorded 1968/69 and 1970/73

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released May 20, 2019

McPhee solo on tenor saxophone,
toy piano, toy percussion, recorder,
soprano saxophone, Space Organ, flute,
feedback, kalimba, echoplex, and percussion

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Released 2010

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