JOE MCPHEE - Nation Time LP Lo-Fi and Cronin’s singular voice

and Cronin’s singular voice

the Ethio-jazz of saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya and hints of the pan-human ‘ancient music’ that sat underneath Arthur Russell’s melodies on First Thought

Arrangement-wise

but not necessarily together

his debut album for Merge Records and the first to feature current bandmates JASON NARDUCY and JON WURSTER

JOE MCPHEE - Nation Time LP Lo-Fi and Cronin’s singular voice"It's been nearly five decades since Joe McPhee assembled a group of musicians to perform the weekend concerts that would become Nation Time, his debut LP. It was December 1970, thirty one year old McPhee was inspired by Amiri Baraka's poem 'It's Nation Time,' and the students at Vassar College didn't know what hit them. 'What time is it?' shouted the bandleader. 'C'mon, you can do better than that. What time is it?!' "The music on Nation Time came