19 February 1996

WNUR Interview: Joe McPhee

On February 21, 1996, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee came to Chicago to perform for the first time. In preparation, WNUR DJ John Corbett conducted a telephone interview with McPhee a few days before.

Among other things, John and Joe discussed McPhee's role as the first major artist on the Swiss Hat Hut (Hat Art) label, and his interaction with seminal "free jazz" figures such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Albert and Don Ayler, and others.

Eventually, we hope to present a transcription of the interview on this page. For now, we are presenting the interview in RealAudio format.

Hear the Interview in RealAudio.


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