Composition first recorded as a trio with soprano saxophone, cello, and percussion, on the album Raw Materials and Residuals (1977). The Julius Hemphill Papers includes various parts, as well as a score with this title that differs substantially from the recording. See also Music Manuscript Notebooks 6 and 10. The archive includes a recording of this piece with an unknown tenor saxophone player.
Found on: Raw Materials and Residuals.
From Marty Ehrlich: As notated, G Song is a bass line/melody that evokes a child’s song as much as it is a riff evoking the country blues. As realized on Raw Materials and Residuals, it is a composition in four sections. Perhaps the full composition was realized in the recording studio. It is a stellar example of the way Hemphill conceived a broad, expressive work, pan-stylistic and multi-sectional, and brought it to life through the individual voices of his brilliant collaborators.