Rob Funderburk Studio Blog

11/20/10: Corbett vs. Dempsey hosted Joe McPhee in Chicago today, who played beckoning, kindly thrilling horn with an enigmatic pre-recording for about an hour, along with paintings and works on paper by Christopher Wool. I’m absolutely enthused and fortified with everything presented. Here’s some photos and sketches of Mr. McPhee — click on any for larger versions.
http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/events/mcphee_sound/mcphee_sound.html
Christopher Wool c/o CvsD:
http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/exhibitions.html
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ADDENDUM 11/30/10: From CvD: “Corbett vs. Dempsey has issued a Joe McPhee two-CD set of previously unreleased solo recordings from 1968 to 1973. The extraordinary tracks document the very early years of McPhee’s tenor playing 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.” Available at the gallery. $15 (cheap).”