| 1 | Mythos | 7:33 |
| 2 | Vieux Carre | 9:11 |
| 3 | Come Sunday | 7:28 |
| 4 | Everything Happens for a Reason | 9:35 |
| 5 | JC | 5:43 |
| 6 | Voices | 5:26 |
"In the ever-growing discography of master musician Joe McPhee, his solo albums have stood out as supreme ur-texts of his consummate improvising and compositional skills. Joining the ranks of such landmark records as Tenor, Graphics, and As Serious As Your Life, Everything Happens For A Reason is an unadorned showcase of this influential pioneer in the world of creative improvised music. Recorded live in Austria in November of 2003, Everything Happens For A Reason features McPhee on pocket trumpet, soprano and alto saxophones."
“…this is a magnificent recording and bountiful evidence of McPhee’s spirit-flame.” – Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur
“This Roaratorio disc is a thing of beauty…Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee ensures that the sounds that emanate from the speakers are equal to the high quality packaging.” – David Dupont, Cadence
“A beautiful addition to the shelf” – David Keenan, The Wire
(****) 4 stars - Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, 8th edition
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Joe McPhee / saxophone, trumpet
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Tracklisting:
1. Mythos - 7:33
2. Vieux Carre - 9:11
3. Come Sunday - 7:28
4. Everything Happens For A Reason - 9:35
5. J2 - 5:43
6. Voices - 5:26
Available as a 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC download
Joe McPhee grew up in New York, is a multi-instrumentalist and plays since the late 60ties within the creative and free jazz music world. His play is energetic, demanding and breathtaking sensitive - still with over 80 years! He learnt to play trumpet as a kid and - inspired by John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and Ornette Colemann - he thought himself saxophone in his thirties. McPhee's first recording was with Clifford Thornton in 1967 on the album "Freedom and Unity". He became involved and known in Europe in the midd 70ties and since the 90ties he also plays with a younger generation from Chicago and New York. He played/plays regular for example with Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen, Jeb Bishop, The Thing, Clifton Hyde, Jérôme Bourdellon, Raymond Boni, Joe Giardullo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_McPhee
