Julius Hemphill : Composer

Flat-Out Jump Suite

Mind (2nd part)

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Composition for the Julius Hemphill Quartet, recorded as the first track on Side B of the LP Flat-Out Jump Suite (1980).

From Marty Ehrlich: Although Hemphill was a prodigious composer of notated music, he chose at times to do an open improvisation with his colleagues on a given recording. In this case, Hemphill added titles to the improvised pieces: “Ear,” “Mind (1st part),” “Mind (2nd part)” and “Heart.” The piece Hemphill titled “Body” on this recording was a notated composition originally titled “Flat-Out Jump Suite.”  

Found on: Flat-Out Jump Suite.

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Mind (1st part)

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Composition for the Julius Hemphill Quartet, recorded as the second track on Side A of the LP Flat-Out Jump Suite (1980). 

From Marty Ehrlich: Although Hemphill was a prodigious composer of notated music, he chose at times to do an open improvisation with his colleagues on a given recording. In this case, Hemphill added titles to the improvised pieces: “Ear,” “Mind (1st part),” “Mind (2nd part)” and “Heart.” The piece Hemphill titled “Body” on this recording was a notated composition originally titled “Flat-Out Jump Suite.”  

Found on: Flat-Out Jump Suite.

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Heart

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“Heart” is the title of the fourth track on the album Flat-Out Jump Suite (1980).

From Marty Ehrlich: Although Hemphill was a prodigious composer of notated music, he chose at times to do an open improvisation with his colleagues on a given recording. In this case, Hemphill added titles to the improvised pieces: “Ear,” “Mind (1st part),” “Mind (2nd part)” and “Heart.” The piece Hemphill titled “Body” on this recording was a notated composition originally titled “Flat-Out Jump Suite.”  

Found on: Flat-Out Jump Suite.

Return to Annotated Composition List.

Ear

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The first track on the Julius Hemphill Quartet’s album Flat-Out Jump Suite (1980). 

From Marty Ehrlich: Although Hemphill was a prodigious composer of notated music, he chose at times to do an open improvisation with his colleagues on a given recording. In this case, Hemphill added titles to the improvised pieces: “Ear,” “Mind (1st part),” “Mind (2nd part)” and “Heart.” The piece Hemphill titled “Body” on this recording was a notated composition originally titled “Flat-Out Jump Suite.” 

Found on: Flat-Out Jump Suite.

Return to Annotated Composition List.