Person · Male
Joe McPhee
free jazz musician
- From
- Miami, United States
- Since
- 1939–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 123
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- free jazz
About
Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays the tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, the flugelhorn and the valve trombone. Although born in Miami, Florida, McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is most notable for his free jazz work done from the late 1960s to the present day.
Member of
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Mat Maneri / Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark Trio tenor saxophone
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Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet alto saxophone, trumpet, soprano saxophone, pocket trumpet
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Trombone Choir trombone
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Tani Tabbal Quartet other vocals, tenor saxophone
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Kent Kessler / Joe McPhee Duo eponymous, tenor saxophone, trumpet
Discography
Albums
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Trinity Apple Music
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Pieces of Light
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Black Magic Man
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Tenor
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Rotation
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Glasses
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Old Eyes
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Tales and Prophecies
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Topology
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Visitation
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Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre
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River Station
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Sweet Freedom - Now What?
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As Serious as Your Life Apple Music
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A Meeting in Chicago
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CIMPhonia 1998, Part 1
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Zebulon
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The Dream Book
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CIMPhonia 1998, Part 2
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Undersound
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No Greater Love
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Grand Marquis
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Specific Gravity
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She Knows…
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Chicago Tenor Duets
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Sustain
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Undersound II
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Now Is
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Tales Out of Time
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Remembrance
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Guts
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Intimate Conversations
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Magic
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Sound on Sound (Solo 1968-1973)
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Blue Chicago Blues
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Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)
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OTO
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Ibsen’s Ghosts Apple Music
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Ithaca
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Brooklyn DNA
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Scraps and Shadows
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Human Encore
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Sonic Elements (For Pocket Trumpet and Alto Saxophone) Apple Music
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Spontaneous Combustion
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Nine Ways to Read a Bridge
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Soul Stream
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Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979
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Chance Meeting
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To Be Continued
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This Is Our Language
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Ticonderoga
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Solos : The Lost Tapes (1980 - 1981 - 1984)
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If You Have Time
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Nuclear Family
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Octoblue
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Bricktop
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15.2.16
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My Undocumented Alien Clarinet
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Seattle Symphony
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Keep Going
Live
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A Mouth At Both Ends
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Oblique Strategies
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Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves)
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Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin and John Coltrane)
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Of Things Beyond Thule, Vol. 2
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Of Things Beyond Thule, Vol. 1
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A Night In Alchemia
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Tree Dancing
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The Fire Each Time
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The Cerkno Concert
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Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995
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Flowers
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Babylon
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Dream Defenders
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Red Sky
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What / If / They Both Could Fly
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The Rest
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13 Miniatures for Albert Ayler
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Tribute to Albert Ayler: Live at the Dynamo
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The Damage Is Done
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In Finland
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Mister Peabody Goes To Baltimore Apple Music
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Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom
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Live In Concert
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Joe McPhee • Evan Parker • Daunik Lazro
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The October Revolution
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Common Threads
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N.Y. N.Y. 1971
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Élan, Impulse
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Variations on a Blue Line / 'round Midnight
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Graphics
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The Willisau Concert
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Nation Time Apple Music
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2008-11-12: "A Tribute to Albert Ayler", Rencontres Internationales D'Jazz de Nevers, Théâtre Municipal, Nevers, France
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Manhattan Tango
Links
Official
Concerts
Collaboration
Founder
Sibling
Tags
- jazz and blues
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- e8a6ad5b-bfe0-49cf-9de0-71dc78300300
- ISNI
- 0000000080162050
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.