Joe McPhee - The Willisau Concert Artist_Nino Rota and MELRAW

and MELRAW

The album is a sketchy laptop creation

handclaps and a sharp emphasis on the groove

Being able to remix it himself was a very special experience

“Electric Feel” and “Time to Pretend” which have inspired

Joe McPhee - The Willisau Concert Artist_Nino Rota and MELRAWJoe McPhee's first international release, Black Magic Man, was issued on the newly formed Hat Hut imprint in 1975. It was a watershed moment for the 35 year old musician. Based in Poughkeepsie, New York, he was too far away from Manhattan to have participated extensively in the Loft Jazz happenings of the decade. European exposure, however, would give McPhee an alternative circuit, something of an escape route from the trappings of American cultural