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JOE MCPHEE SURVIVAL UNIT III
BUCURESTI, 20 MARTIE 2012, CONTROL CLUB

Unitatea de supravietuire a sufletului

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Calauze ne sunt trei magnifici muzicieni americani “all soul and all spirit”:
- esenta jazz-ului - saxofonistul si trompetistul Joe McPhee , a carui muzica creativa, profund emotionala, spirituala si expresiva a produs înfiintarea a doua case de discuri pentru a-i documenta opera-CJR(Cadence Jazz Records) si Hat Hut;
- cello sabotorul - violoncelistul Fred Lonberg-Holm , asul din mâneca al grupului;
- asirianul din Chicago - percutionistul Michael Zerang este ca si Fred Lonberg-Holm, un muzician în afara oricaror categorisiri.

Împreuna se numesc Survival Unit III - experienta muzicala de mare anvergura în care ideea de revolutie este mereu determinanta, poetica, fara compromisuri. Textura, interactiune, foc si pasiune.

“John Coltrane had it, Albert Ayler had it, Joe McPhee has it : the incredible artistry to create depth - a true, warm human emotion - at the same time as spiritual breadth- the feeling that the sound resonates with the planet, the sky, the universe.” (Stef)

despre McPhee
"... His magical take on avant-garde sax remains one of the wonders of the scene. He still has one of the most beautiful tones on the planet, even when he's reaching for jazz's outer limits." (Time Out New York)
"One of the last saxophonists working in the great tradition of vocalized tonality & instrumental storytelling." Yale Professor John Szwed (Sun Ra's biographer)

despre Survival Unit III
"We're all survivors, and perhaps the message here is that we need to get our individual voices heard and not become reticent when matters go awry. McPhee and his band mates execute a spiritual cleansing process, teeming with vivid dialogues and multilayered textures. An eventful and undeniably persuasive listening experience it is." -Glenn Astarita (Allaboutjazz)
“Three incredible musicians communicating as one conscious expression." (Chicago weekly online)
“Their playing is an update and a progression of the tradition, and a seriously powerful and affecting one at that.” (Tim Owen, thejazzmann.com)