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World Saxophone Quartet - band/ensemble Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The Quartet began performing as a unit in 1976, inspired by Ed Jordan, head of Music at New Orleans Southern University. Jordan had heard the saxophonists in their individual groups, and hired them to do a show together. "We liked it, and started doing gigs at other colleges," remembers David Murray. Although three of the original members, Hemphill, Lake and Bluiett, knew each other from St.Louis, it was not until this event that they decided to create a group consisting only of four saxophones

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet: Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022

Read "Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


A mezzo secolo esatto dal suo primo esperimento in materia, la “Composition 23A" (rombo-30-EGN-KBM-78, secondo la connotazione grafica tipica delle pagine braxtoniane dell'epoca, che qui non possiamo per ovvi motivi riprodurre nella sua completezza) datata fra il 27 settembre e il 16 ottobre 1974 e riunita poi con altre cinque di diversa natura in New York, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3

Read "Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Yes, Jimi Hendrix was a rock guitar god, but he inspired scores of jazz players, and fans. After all, he is the first non-jazz musician to enter the DownBeat Hall of Fame, back in 1970 (the year of his passing). Enjoy our third and final segment of this week's tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and yet more ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gretchen Parlato, Oliver Lake, JAUBI and more

Read "Gretchen Parlato, Oliver Lake, JAUBI and more" reviewed by David Brown


This week on the Jazz Continuum we have two featured artists. First, a set showcasing the liquid phrasing of acclaimed vocalist Gretchen Parlato. From there, a deep dive into works featuring master saxophonist, composer, painter, and poet Oliver Lake--known to many as the co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet. We'll also take a look at Duke ...

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Article: Album Review

Radam Schwartz: Saxophone Quartet Music

Read "Saxophone Quartet Music" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


A listener who remembers when saxophone quartets were a novelty--and a controversial one at that--is probably wondering how much the Cost-of-Living Adjustment will be for Social Security in 2025. Yes, the esteemed World Saxophone Quartet kicked up as much a critical fuss in the late 1970s as Ornette Coleman did in the 1950s. Not as “In ...

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Article: Album Review

Eric Person: Rhythm Edge

Read "Rhythm Edge" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Remixed, remastered, re-upped and re-amped from its original 2007 release, Rhythm Edge (CD Baby) immediately grabs you with its free-ranged, deep- rooted soulfulness and classic vigor. A gifted, Hudson Valley gentleman, multi-reedist Eric Person's serpentine and soaring tenor, alto, soprano, and flutes are veterans of many years with Chico Hamilton, Dave Holland, the World ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

From Bach to Calloway to the Woods at Night

Read "From Bach to Calloway to the Woods at Night" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


The boys warned you things were going to get eclectic, but they may have outdone themselves this time, as the selections run the gamut from a jazz trio reimagining Bach preludes to a cutting edge big band arranger/composer tipping the cap to Cab Calloway to a night in the Georgia woods and is what we're hearing ...

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Article: Play This!

World Saxophone Quartet: Take The 'A' Train

Read "World Saxophone Quartet: Take The 'A' Train" reviewed by Scott Lichtman


The World Saxophone Quartet has always created a buzz... literally. Pioneers in jazz woodwinds, WSO combined instrumental prowess with sophisticated orchestrations and a wide repertoire encompassing jazz standards, free jazz, blues, world rhythms, and politicized songs. The original group from the '70s and '80s featured Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake on alto and soprano saxophones, David ...

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Article: Album Review

David Murray Quartet with Marta Sanchez, Luke Stewart and Russell Carter: Francesca

Read "Francesca" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


A jazz classicist since his heady and historic days founding The World Saxophone Quartet, David Murray takes to a studio just outside Zurich with a rhythm section of the next generation and emerges triumphant with the standout Francesca. With an average age of, give or take, thirty-six years between them, Murray, the veteran nearing ...

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Article: Interview

Jim West: 40 Years and Going Strong at Justin Time Records

Read "Jim West: 40 Years and Going Strong at Justin Time Records" reviewed by Kerilie McDowall


Owner of Canada's Justin Time Records, the multi-award-winning Jim West, has brought stellar top performers from the Canadian music scene and the USA to the global stage since 1983 for almost half a century, and that's some heavyweight “cred." To celebrate, the label has crafted a compilation, 40 Years of ...


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