Soul Stream, by Joe McPhee / Michiyo Yagi / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug

Soul Stream

by Joe McPhee / Michiyo Yagi / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug

supported by

Dan Otto / Don Henson McPhee makes me feel better every time. Favorite track: The Unbroken.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€10 EUR or more
CD in gatefold sleeve (PNL032)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK!

Includes unlimited streaming of Soul Stream via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

	1.	Tear of the Clouds 08:30
	2.	Torque 13:46
	3.	Soul Stream 06:13
	4.	Close Up 10:43
	5.	The Unbroken 06:49

about

A master of reeds and horns, Joe McPhee is a bona fide free jazz icon who refuses to play the elder statesman in spite of his half-century-plus career. McPhee continues to hone his improvisatory skills by venturing far from his upstate New York home to perform with cutting-edge instrumentalists the world over. The phenomenal Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is one of McPhee’s most frequent and sympathetic collaborators. The duo’s timely convergence in Tokyo with Lasse Marhaug, another Norwegian who is easily one of the most important electronics/noise musicians of the last two decades, and local resident Michiyo Yagi resulted in this extraordinary recording. Probably the most advanced and technically accomplished performer of the ancient Japanese instrument known as the koto, Yagi is known for her extreme eclecticism that incorporates free jazz, progressive rock, contemporary classical and traditional Japanese musics. An intense free-jazz blowout was expected when these unique personalities assembled at Tokyo’s GOK Sound, but what transpired was totally unexpected: This is spiritual, mystical, soulful music unlike anything you’ve ever heard.

Buy CD - catalyticsound.com/shop/michiyo-yagi-joe-mcphee-lasse-marhaug-paal-nilssen-love-soul-stream/

credits

released December 22, 2015

PNL032

Michiyo Yagi: electric 21-string koto, 17-string bass koto
Joe McPhee: pocket trumpet, tenor and alto saxophones
Lasse Marhaug: electronics and objects
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums and percussion

All music by Yagi (Hotwire Inc), McPhee (JOMAC Publishing, ASCAP), Marhaug (Tono), and Nilssen-Love (Tono).
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo on January 21, 2013.
Mixed and produced by Lasse Marhaug.
Co-producer: Mark E. Rappaport.
Special Thanks to Sachi Hayasaka, Ryosuke “Rio” Nagata, Mizuho Yabe, Zodiac Works, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Jazz Federation, and Fund For Performing Arts.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug.

license

about

PNL Records Oslo, Kingdom of Norway

North American customers: please order from catalyticsound.com

PNL Records was started in 2007 by Norwegian jazz drummer Paal Nilssen-Love to release his recordings as a solo artist, with his big band Large Unit, and in collaborations with other artists.

We offer digital downloads of most PNL releases as well as CD, vinyl and other merch on PNL and other labels, all featuring Paal. ... more

contact / help

Contact PNL Records

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Soul Stream, you may also like:

I Surrender Dear
by Brötzmann Solo

supported by 12 fans who also own “Soul Stream”
go to album
Sun Beans of Shimmering Light
by Wadada Leo Smith / Douglas R. Ewart / Mike Reed

supported by 11 fans who also own “Soul Stream”

Simply amazing to hear a new album with Wadada and Ewart!! ...And Reed rounds out this trio beautifully. Just gave it my first spin. Absolutely magical. jeffrey maurer
go to album
Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful
by Fay Victor

A bold meditation on race, class, gender, and politics that speaks to where we’ve been and where we are today. Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 24, 2023
go to album
A Call For All Demons (Sun Ra Suite)
by Myles Boisen Past-Present-Future

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 29, 2022
go to album
Pendulums
by Andrew Woodhead

Inspired by the rhythm & timbre of bellringing, “Pendulums” folds neo-classical, jazz, & even ambient music into a wondrous whole. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2021
go to album
The Other One
by Henry Threadgill

supported by 11 fans who also own “Soul Stream”

A very interesting album. At a few places I keep asking myself: Was this composed by Arnold Schönberg (or his disciples)? Anyway, I'm all for skilled musicians exploring the boundary (if one exists) between jazz and classical. Thumbs up! jyrki63
go to album
Apura!
by Karl Evangelista's Apura

supported by 11 fans who also own “Soul Stream”
go to album