Julius Hemphill Big Band

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Julius Hemphill Big Band
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Studio album by
Julius Hemphill
Released1988
RecordedFebruary 1988
Genre Jazz
Length59:36
Label Elektra/Musician
Julius Hemphill chronology
Georgia Blue
(1984)		Julius Hemphill Big Band
(1988)		 Fat Man and the Hard Blues
(1991)

Julius Hemphill Big Band is an album by jazz saxophonist Julius Hemphill recorded in 1988 for the Elektra/Musician 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 half.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "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". [2]

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

References

  1. ↑ Discogs entry accessed May 10, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2011
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 506.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 302.
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