Flat-Out Jump Suite

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Flat-Out Jump Suite
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedJune 4 & 5, 1980
Genre Jazz
Length41:24
Label Black Saint
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Julius Hemphill chronology
Live in New York
(1978)
Flat-Out Jump Suite
(1980)
Georgia Blue
(1984)

Flat-Out Jump Suite is an album by jazz saxophonist Julius Hemphill, recorded in 1980 for the Italian Black Saint label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the recording as part of its suggested Core Collection, and called it "a remarkably quiet album that requires some concentration.". [3]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, and reviewer Brian Olewnick called it "a solid set from a quartet of fine musicians". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Hemphill
  1. "Ear" - 8:54
  2. "Mind (1st Part)" - 12:25
  3. "Mind (2nd Part)" - 3:17
  4. "Heart" - 9:50
  5. "Body" - 6:58

Personnel

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References

  1. Black Saint Records discography accessed May 10, 2011
  2. 1 2 Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed May 10, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Julius Hemphill". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 683. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 99. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.