Flat-Out Jump Suite Explained

Flat-Out Jump Suite
Type:Album
Artist:Julius Hemphill
Cover:Flat-Out Jump Suite.jpg
Released:1980
Recorded:June 4 & 5, 1980
Genre:Jazz
Length:41:24
Label:Black Saint
Producer:Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:Julius Hemphill
Prev Title:Live in New York
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Georgia Blue
Next Year:1984

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

Reception

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.".[2]

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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography
  2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 683. Julius Hemphill.
  3. Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed May 10, 2011