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When it comes to great musicians who have disregarded boundaries to the point of becoming genres unto themselves, many of their back stories are auspicious. They seem to connect to music at a very young age, often prior to their teens, and their primary
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Different Than The Different: Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound meet Muhal Richard Abrams On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s big band the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will premiere a new piece written
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The title track of Dogon A.D. is one of the great minimalist jazz themes, with an insistent, indelible ostinato by cellist Abdul Wadud and a funky beat by drummer Philip Wilson, over which Hemphill and trumpeter Baikida Carroll blow an equally simple uni
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With its successful fall season completed, Firehouse 12 unwraps two special winter concerts that sound like the answer to a guitar lover's holiday wish list for dream concerts in Connecticut. The New Haven venue presents the legendary guitarist/composer/
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When I got the pianist and composer Vijay Iyer on the phone to talk about his upcoming Celebrity Series double-bill with the Miguel Zenón Quartet, I meant to talk to him about his serene and absorbing new album Tirtha (ACT), with the tabla player Nitin M
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The charismatic reeds virtuoso James Carter released an orchestral album in the summer, but he's at his earthiest and most accessible with this classic Hammond organ trio lineup. Carter can be sumptuously romantic or exhilaratingly funky – his technique
About Julius Hemphill
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Julius Arthur Hemphill (January 24, 1938, Fort Worth, Texas - April 2, 1995, New York City) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone; less often soprano and tenor saxophones and flute. Full Article
