nightmare-ish hallucinations from a world on its way down

Central to their sound was regular collaborator Sebastian D'Souza

& alto saxophonist Josh Johnson to convene in extraordinarily depth-full & exploratory music making

sparkling in all the colours of the spectrum

JOE MCPHEE - The Willisau Concert LP Atmospheric nightmare-ish hallucinations from a worldJoe McPhee's first international release, Black Magic Man, was issued on the newly formed Hat Hut imprint in 1975. It was a watershed moment for the 35 year old musician. Based in Poughkeepsie, New York, he was too far away from Manhattan to have participated extensively in the Loft Jazz happenings of the decade. European exposure, however, would give McPhee an alternative circuit, something of an escape route from the trappings of American cultural