Composition for saxophone sextet (three alto, two tenor, and baritone), recorded by the Julius Hemphill Sextet on Five Chord Stud (1994). The piece is included in the Saxophone Sextet Collection published by Subito Music.
Found on: Five Chord Stud.
From Marty Ehrlich: Hemphill wrote for the Sextet in three major areas. One was pieces such as this one, composed for recordings and concerts. The second was the extensive amount of music he wrote for the collaboration with Bill T. Jones. A third was “Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera.” I remember “The Moat and the Bridge” as one of the first pieces Hemphill composed when he formed the Saxophone Sextet. Its upbeat feel and infectious vamp, which we were able to stretch out on, represented something he was going for in the Sextet.