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Tomeka Reid and Joe McPhee
1+ albums
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One of the most powerful performances we've heard in years from the great Joe McPhee β and that's because he lets his voice speak as much as his tenor β especially on two spoken passages that highlight McPhee's message at an extremely righteous political level! Yet that's also very appropriate for the setting of the performance, which took place on Juneteenth β as a duet with cellist Tomeka Reid, who's equally amazing here β underscoring the power of Joe's presence, as the two move between open improvisation and some more tuneful passages that evoke a strong sense of history and memory that really resonate with the date. Fantastic throughout β and a key recording for both great artists β with the long "Juneteenth" performance, plus "Nation Time For Real This Time" and "Alone Together". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
