Released 2000 Length 55:52 Release date 2000 | Recorded 1999 | |
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Requiem for Julius is the seventeenth album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and their fifth on the Justin Time label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, John Purcell, Oliver Lake and David Murray and is dedicated to the band's founding member Julius Hemphill.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "A long-overdue official farewell for Hemphill, Requiem for Julius not only harkens back to the sound of WSQ's initial recordings, but indicates that they have plenty of original music left in the tank.".
Track listing
- "Ebony" (DeJohnette) - 7:45
- "Free and Independent Thought" (Bluiett) - 3:01
- "All Praise" (Purcell) - 5:57
- "Requiem for Julius" (Murray) - 6:46
- "Le Sport Suite" (Lake) - 7:50
- "Hurricane Floyd" (Murray) - 10:46
- "Potato Vamp" (Lake) - 3:42
- "Tone Poem" (Lake) - 5:54
- "Blues" (Bluiett, Lake, Murray, Purcell) - 4:11
Personnel
Songs
1Ebony7:46
2Free and Independent Thought3:02
3All Praise5:57
References
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