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Requiem for Julius

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Released
  
2000

Length
  
55:52

Release date
  
2000

Label
  
Justin Time Records

Recorded
  
1999

Artist
  
World Saxophone Quartet

Producer
  
Hamiet Bluiett

Genre
  
Jazz

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Requiem for Julius (2000)
  
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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.

Contents

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

  1. "Ebony" (DeJohnette) - 7:45
  2. "Free and Independent Thought" (Bluiett) - 3:01
  3. "All Praise" (Purcell) - 5:57
  4. "Requiem for Julius" (Murray) - 6:46
  5. "Le Sport Suite" (Lake) - 7:50
  6. "Hurricane Floyd" (Murray) - 10:46
  7. "Potato Vamp" (Lake) - 3:42
  8. "Tone Poem" (Lake) - 5:54
  9. "Blues" (Bluiett, Lake, Murray, Purcell) - 4:11

Personnel

  • Hamiet Bluiett — baritone saxophone
  • John Purcell — alto saxophone
  • Oliver Lake — alto saxophone
  • David Murray — tenor saxophone

    • Songs

    1Ebony7:46
    2Free and Independent Thought3:02
    3All Praise5:57

    References

    Requiem for Julius Wikipedia
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