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Requiem For Julius
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:
1) Ebony (Jack DeJohnette) 2) Free and Independent Thought (Hamiet Bluiett) 3) All Praise (John Purcell) 4) Requiem For Julius (David Murray) 5) Le Sport Suite (Oliver Lake) 6) Hurricane Floyd (David Murray) 7) Potato Vamp (Oliver Lake) 8) Tone Poem (Oliver Lake) 9) Blues (Bluiett - Murray - Lake - Purcell)
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Selim Sivad
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Seven Steps to Heaven, Selim, Freddie Freeloader, The Road to Nefertiti, Nefertiti, Tutu, Blue In Green, All Blues.
Four Now
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Dou Dou N'Daiye Rose, Dakar Darkness, Suga, Colors, For Now, What A Dream, Sangara.
World Saxophone Quartet with African Drums: Four Now
by AAJ Staff
The WSQ, which has performed as a unit since '76, has generated a mountain of excellent recordings on the Black Saint and Elektra labels. In late '95, the same year that founding member Julius Hemphill died, the quartet recorded its first Justin Time record with John Purcell taking Hemphill's place. As a result of Purcell joining ...
World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem For Julius
by AAJ Staff
Requiem for Julius dedicates itself to the memory of founding WSQ member Julius Hemphill (here again replaced by John Purcell). The quartet stands alone--without its recent companion, African drums--and invokes its remarkable ability to trade off between tight arrangements and free improvisation. In fact, it's often hard to tell where the arrangements leave off and the ...
World Saxophone Quartet featuring Jack DeJohnette: Selim Sivad
by AAJ Staff
On 1998's Selim Sivad, the members of the WSQ devote themselves to the memory and spirit of jazz master Miles Davis. They continue to incorporate African drums, this time also including Davis alumnus drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette. Compared to the earlier WSQ+drums records, Selim Sivad includes a greater variety of improvisational approaches. While “Seven Steps to Heaven" ...
World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem For Julius
by Glenn Astarita
Requiem For Julius is a truly exceptional homage to the late great saxophonist/composer and cofounder of the “World Saxophone Quartet" - Julius Hemphill and may indeed represent one of the finest “WSQ" recordings in recent years. From the opening moments of famed drummer/composer Jack DeJohnette's rhythmically and melodically enticing composition, “Ebony" along with the subtle intricacies ...
World Saxophone Quartet: M'Bizo
by Derrick A. Smith
M’Bizo ’s reason for existence is twofold and intertwined. “The M’Bizo Suite” itself was written and choreographed specifically for a 1998 World Cup Carnavalcade held in northern France; this accounts for the theme of European-Asian-African unity, and may help explain the heartening robustness of the disc. As explained by David Murray in the liners, the album ...
