JOE McPHEE / JEN CLARE PAULSON / BRIAN LABYCZ - "The Mystery J" LP – and its two side-long

– and its two side-long tracks

Following a handful of solo releases on the Room40 label and his own Kindling imprint

but that is balanced by the band’s most epiphanically tasty licking

and highly limited

head-scratching room sounds and quietly scuffling non-music (ultimately leaning closer to the work of Car Commercials than that of Home Blitz

JOE McPHEE / JEN CLARE PAULSON / BRIAN LABYCZ - "The Mystery J" LP – and its two side-longJoe McPhee, Jen Clare Paulson, & Brian Labycz The Mystery J LP (Corbett vs Dempsey, 2021) "As well as being a return to public programming, this live event is also a record launch for The Mystery J, CvsD's new vinyl LP which features improvised music by Joe McPhee, violist Jen Clare Paulson, and Brian Labycz on electronics. Recorded in 2014 at Okka Fest 6 in Milwaukee, it contains someof the most bristling trumpet work ever heard from McPhee's lips,