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World Saxophone Quartet

Formed: 1977

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Free Funk, Modern Free, African Jazz

Group Members: Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, John Purcell, David Murray

Biography: Probably the first of several saxophone-only ensembles who proliferated in jazz after 1975, the WSQ is unquestionably the most commercially (and, arguably, the most creatively) successful. Of course, commercial success is a relative thing in jazz, especially when one is speaking of an avant-garde group. ...Read full biography

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Plays Duke Ellington

Released: 1986

Label: Elektra/Nonesuch

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On their first six recordings, the World Saxophone Quartet (comprised of altoists Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill, tenor saxophonist David Murray, and baritonist Hamiet Bluiett) stuck exclusively to group ...Read full review

Live in Zurich

Released: 1981

Label: Black Saint

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By 1981, after four years of existence, it was obvious that the most talented writer in the World Saxophone Quartet was altoist Julius Hemphill. This Black Saint release finds Hemphill contributing six ...Read full review

More World Saxophone Quartet albums: Main Albums (22), Compilations (1)

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