Composition for saxophone sextet (solo tenor, soprano, two alto, tenor, and baritone). See “Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera.”
Fly Dance
Fragmentary score in Hemphill’s hand. There is a twenty-four-measure melody for flute, as well as the handwritten indication, “tenor.”
Flush
Ten-measure composition in 11/16 meter, for saxophone sextet (soprano, two alto, two tenor, and baritone). Published in the Sextet Collection by Subito Music.
Found on: Five Chord Stud.
Collected Poem for Blind Lemon Jefferson, The
Composition recorded for the album The Collected Poem for Blind Lemon Jefferson (1971), the first release on Hemphill’s Mbari Records label. The album features Hemphill on flute and saxophone, with spoken word poetry by K. Curtis Lyle (who wrote the text) and Malinké Kenyatta. No known score.
Found on: The Collected Poem for Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Floppy / Blued Up
Composition for saxophone sextet (three alto, two tenor, and baritone), consisting of two linked pieces in 12-bar blues form, “Floppy” and “Blued Up.” On commercial recordings the pieces are generally referred to as “Floppy.” This composition was published in the Sextet Collection by Subito Music.
Found on: Fat Man and the Hard Blues; Live from the New Music Cafe.