Corbett vs. Dempsey

“Two brilliant improvisers, two distinct generations, one close-listening encounter. Swedish guitarist (and, elsewhere, banjo player) Niklas Fite brings a flinty intimacy to his playing, a dry punch that reminds us that the guitar is a percussion instrument. One of the great figures in European improvised music, based in Hannover, Germany, Günter Christmann gained notoriety as a trombonist starting in the very early 1970s, but he was equally engaged in playing double bass and cello and has in recent...

JOE MCPHEE trumpet, recorder
HARRY HALL tenor saxophone, recorder
REGGIE MARKS tenor saxophone, recorder
MIKE KULL piano
TYRONE CRABB bass, bandleader
CHARLIE BENJAMIN drums

“Until now, the earliest recordings anyone has heard by Joe McPhee come from the period around his 1968 debut album, Underground Railroad. McPhee had just started playing tenor saxophone at that point.
A couple of years earlier, the bassist featured on all of McPhee's early recordings, Tyrone