Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - More Intimate Conversation (Live) (2025)

Maciej Lewenstein characterizes this album as a masterpiece of synergy and a more mature continuation of the work "Intimate Conversations" (2006). The recording was made live at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. The musical dialogue features Joe (playing pocket trumpet and soprano saxophone) and Mikołaj Trzaska (alto saxophone). The compositions range from abstract experiments utilizing key sounds and overblowing to emotional variations on Thelonious Monk's themes. The album is distinguished by the deep intimacy of the performance and the intense interaction between the musicians.

Recorded in Seattle, October 26 2017 at the Good Shepard Chapel during Earshot Jazz Festival

Tracklist:
1-1 Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - The Meaning of Life (Live) [10:15]
1-2 Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - The Meaning of Love (Live) [7:03]
1-3 Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - Trace Evidence (variations on a theme by Thelonious Monk) (Live) [6:40]
1-4 Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - Double Solid: Solitude (Live) [6:32]
1-5 Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska - Double Solid: Loneliness (Live) [6:26]