New on Roaratorio! Joe McPhee - Soprano
 

Normally I am not inclined to support usage of a soprano saxophone, but the Roaratorio label doesn't usually steer me wrong, so I'm excited to hear this. The last McPhee LP they released was fantastic.



hot off the press:



"A document of Joe McPhee's first solo concert devoted exclusively to
the straight horn, Soprano is both a companion volume to his
previous LP for Roaratorio (the critically lauded Everything Happens
For A Reason) and a follow up to his classic album Tenor, which raised
the bar for solo saxophone music over 30 years ago. Recorded live in
St. George's Church at the Guelph Jazz Festival in 1998, Soprano was
inspired by Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening performance at the venue
the previous year. The acoustics of the church provided a natural web
of reverberation and delay, and compose as much a part of the sonic
palette as Michael Overhage's farmhouse did for Tenor. McPhee's art
is informed by the head and the heart in equal measures, and Soprano
is thoughtful, passionate music from one of jazz's most eloquent
practitioners. A limited edition of 553 copies on 180 gram vinyl,
with a Judith Lindbloom silkscreen print on rice paper and liner notes
by McPhee and Oliveros."

song samples here