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Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
Born: Jan 1, 1940 in Fort Worth, TX
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Died: Apr 2, 1995
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Modern Creative
Biography: Hemphill was best known for his work with the World Saxophone Quartet -- he was arguably the band's most distinctive writer -- but his work as an improvising saxophonist and composer encompassed a variety of other contexts over the course of his career. Hemphill worked with everything from big bands ...Read full biography
One Atmosphere
One Atmosphere
Released: 2003
Label: TZADIK
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Hats off to Tzadik for this long overdue album of Julius Hemphill's creative music compositions. Here are three works, ranging in date from 1976 to 1992, for three different instrumental settings. The ...Read full review
Dogon A.D.
Dogon A.D.
Released: 1972
Label: Freedom
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This historic album features four then-unknowns on three lengthy avant-garde explorations that were quite influential not only in St. Louis (where they were recorded) but eventually on such diverse players ...Read full review
More Julius Hemphill albums: Main Albums (19)
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