Composition for saxophone, cello, and drums, recorded by the Julius Hemphill Trio on Live from the New Music Cafe (1992). The score, in Hemphill’s hand, also includes the title “One Groove.”
Found on: Live from the New Music Cafe.
Compositions F-L
Fertility
Composition for soprano and alto saxophone, recorded on Buster Bee (1978), the duet album by Hemphill and Oliver Lake. The archive includes an alto saxophone part in holograph, with annotations by Lake.
Found on: Buster Bee.
Fat Web
Nineteen-measure composition for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and bass, found in Music Manuscript Notebook 4 (MMN4). The notebook contains a sequence of compositions for the same instrumentation, including “Fanfare No. 5” and “Lights.”
From Marty Ehrlich: As with other similar scores of his, Hemphill might well have conceived this work to be performed with drums.
Fat Man
Composition for saxophone sextet (soprano, two alto, two tenor, and baritone). The archive contains a score and parts in holograph; the parts also bear the title “Cornered” (crossed out). Published by Subito Music in the Julius Hemphill Sextet Collection (1990).
From Marty Ehrlich: The Julius Hemphill Sextet performed this piece at every concert.
Found on: Fat Man and the Hard Blues; The Hard Blues: Live in Lisbon.