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At 86 American tenor saxophonist Joe McPhee still has the invention and musical ferocity to improvise at the same elevated standard – and pitch – as musicians 30 or 40 years younger than him. At the same time, as this live session for Austria’s Music Unlimited festival demonstrates, his note-bending excursions harmonize rather than override the others’ contributions. Giving their all on the disc’s four tracks are Austrian bass clarinetist Susanna Gartmayer, Irish bassist John… Read More