JOE McPHEE limited-edition SEALED LP : out-of-print

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"Everything Happens For a Reason" on ROARATORIO ( ROAR-09 ) featuring the iconoclastic Joe McPhee in a solo performance on alto & soprano saxophone and pocket trumpet.  Recorded LIVE in concert at the Festival Music Unlimited XVII in Wels, Austria on November 7, 2003.  Original compositions by McPhee were performed plus Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday".

Here's the description from the Roaratorio web site:

"In the ever-growing discography of master musician Joe McPhee, his solo albums have stood out as supreme ur-texts of his consummate improvising and compositional skills. Joining the ranks of such landmark records as Tenor, Graphics, and As Serious As Your Life, Everything Happens For A Reason is an unadorned showcase of this influential pioneer in the world of creative improvised music. Recorded live in Austria in November of 2003, Everything Happens For A Reason features McPhee on pocket trumpet, soprano and alto saxophones. A limited edition of 482 copies on 180 gram vinyl, with a Judith Lindbloom silkscreen print on rice paper and liner notes by McPhee."

"...this is a magnificent recording and bountiful evidence of McPhee's spirit-flame."
- Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur

"A beautiful addition to the shelf"
- David Keenan, The Wire

"This Roaratorio disc is a thing of beauty...Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee ensures that the sounds that emanate from the speakers are equal to the high quality packaging."
- David Dupont, Cadence

"['Voices'] is the soprano showcase to pull out when anyone wants to know why McPhee should be permitted to stand with Lacy, Evan Parker, and Roscoe Mitchell as titans of the straight horn...a lovely album."
- Bill Meyer, Dusted

(****) 4 stars - Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, 8th edition

This was a limited edition release that has long been SOLD OUT. It is number 185 of 482 in SEALED / UNPLAYED condition. This is a NO RESERVE auction.

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