Joe McPhee, Nation Time - 40m 52s

Tracks & Durations

1. Nation Time	18:31
2. Shakey Jake	13:36
3. Scorpio's Dance	8:41

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Review

Part of the first installment in Atavistic's Unheard Music Series--devoted to releasing long-neglected avant-garde gems--Joe McPhee's Nation Time was originally released on CJR Records in 1971. During this 1970 live performance, McPhee mixes Amiri Baraka, James Brown, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra, and Cecil Taylor into a free-jazz funk so potent and unique that it's shocking to imagine how Nation Time ever fell out of print. The 19-minute title track and "Scorpio's Dance" feature a quintet with two percussionists pushing the group with rocklike intensity (no light touch or delicate brushwork here). Opening things up on the other track, "Shakey Jake," McPhee adds organ, alto saxophone, and guitar, essentially turning the group into a double quartet reminiscent of both Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz band and Miles Davis's post-Bitches Brew fusion work. McPhee's tenor saxophone and trumpet playing is inspired throughout, but he steps aside often to let the rest of the band shine on their own. Really a document of McPhee at his most idealistic and innocent, Nation Time is also the saxophonist at his superfly best. --Tad Hendrickson

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