Ballad in 3/4 time for saxophone quartet (two alto, tenor, and baritone), recorded by the World Saxophone Quartet for the album Dances and Ballads (1987).
Found on: Dances and Ballads.
Compositions A-E
Connections
Composition for saxophone quartet (two alto, tenor, and baritone), recorded by the World Saxophone Quartet on the album W.S.Q. (1980). The piece is a slow thirty-four measure chorale. In the archival score, after letter B, Hemphill inserts an improvisational section of unaccompanied solos by the ensemble, concluding the work with letter C to the end.
Found on: W.S.Q.
Beat Drum / Man Made
Arrangement by Julius Hemphill of a composition by Bill Cole.
From Marty Ehrlich: This was one of several arrangements made by Hemphill for concerts with Cole in New York and at Dartmouth College on September 26-27, 1986. The piece was arranged for Cole on winds, Hemphill on saxophones, Olu Dara on trumpet, Joseph Daley on tuba and baritone horn, Abdul Wadud on cello, Gerald Veasley on bass, and Hafiz Shabazz and Warren Smith on drums/percussion.
Circles
Fragmentary score for saxophone quartet (two alto, tenor, and baritone). There is a nine-bar intro, an eight-bar A section, and an eight-bar B section, all in 3/4 time. The B section contains material only for the baritone saxophone, which is designated as the lead voice in the A section.
Choo Choo
Composition for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone), recorded by the Julius Hemphill Sextet for the album At Dr. King’s Table (1997).The score appears in Music Manuscript Notebook 1 (MMN1).
Found on: At Dr. King’s Table.