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Julius Hemphill Big Band

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
59:36

Release date
  
1988

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
February 1988

Artist
  
Julius Hemphill

Label
  
Elektra/Musician

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Julius Hemphill Big Band is an album by jazz saxophonist Julius Hemphill recorded in 1988 for the Elektra/Musician label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The only recording by altoist Julius Hemphill at the head of a big band is a mostly very stimulating set of exploratory music... This valuable, but increasingly rare CD is particularly notable for giving one a rare chance to hear Hemphill's adventurous big-band arrangements".

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Hemphill except as indicated
  1. "At Harmony" - 9:03
  2. "Leora" - 6:02
  3. "C/Saw" - 8:29
  4. "For Billie" - 8:32
  5. "Drunk on God" (Hemphill, K. Curtis Lyle) - 18:53
  6. "Bordertown" - 9:35
  • Recorded at RCA Studio A in New York City in February 1988

    • Personnel

  • Julius Hemphill - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • John Purcell, John Stubblefield, Marty Ehrlich - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • J. D. Parran - baritone saxophone, flute
  • David Hines, Rasul Siddik - trumpet
  • Vincent Chancey - french horn
  • Frank Lacy - trombone
  • David Taylor - bass trombone
  • Bill Frisell, Jack Wilkins - guitar
  • Jerome Harris - electric bass
  • Ronnie Burrage - drums
  • Gordon Gottlieb - percussion
  • K. Curtis Lyle - speaker (track 8)
  • Darrold Hunt - conductor (track 8)

    • References

    Julius Hemphill Big Band Wikipedia
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