Julius Hemphill Big Band Explained

Julius Hemphill Big Band
Type:	Album
Artist:	Julius Hemphill
Cover:	Julius Hemphill Big Band.jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	February 1988
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	59:36
Label:	Elektra/Musician
Chronology:	Julius Hemphill
Prev Title:	Georgia Blue
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Fat Man and the Hard Blues
Next Year:	1991

Julius Hemphill Big Band is an album by jazz saxophonist Julius Hemphill recorded in 1988 for the Elektra/Musician label.^[1]

Reception

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

• Julius Hemphill - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• John Purcell, John Stubblefield, Marty Ehrlich - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• J. D. Parran - baritone saxophone, flute
• David Hines, Rasul Siddik - trumpet
• Vincent Chancey - french horn
• Frank Lacy - trombone
• David Taylor - bass trombone
  • Bill Frisell, Jack Wilkins - guitar Jerome Harris - electric bass
• Ronnie Burrage - drums
• Gordon Gottlieb - percussion
• K. Curtis Lyle - speaker (track 5)
• Darrold Hunt - conductor (track 5)

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Julius-Hemphill-Big-Band-Julius-Hemphill-Big-Band/release/2405718 Discogs entry
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2011