The Julius Hemphill Quartet - Flat-out Jump Suite (1980) FLAC
BAND/ARTIST: Julius Hemphill
- Title: Flat-out Jump Suite
- Year Of Release: June 4 & 5, 1980
- Label: Black Saint
- Genre: Jazz, Modern Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz
- Quality: Flac lossless (Tracks)
- Total Time: 41:24
- Total Size: 196 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracks
1.Ear
2.Mind(1st Part)
3.Mind(2nd Part)
4.Heart
5.Body
Personnel
Julius Hemphill - flute, tenor saxophone
Olu Dara - trumpet
Abdul Wadud - cello
Warren Smith - percussion
A suite in four parts aligned with aspects of sensual awareness, Julius Hemphill's Flat-Out Jump Suite runs from the light and delicate to the hard and funky. "Ear" flutters by on the leader's flute, all gossamer and weightlessness, supported by Warren Smith's soft cymbal work. Olu Dara's clear, gumbo-soaked trumpet, one of the great sounds from the '80s jazz avant-garde, heralds "Body," in conjunction with Abdul Wadud's bluesy cello. With "Mind," the pace picks up -- Hemphill switches to tenor and the piece achieves a nice, loose throb as much of the time is devoted to collective improvisation. Finally, with "Body," the natural progression reaches its logical destination, a funky groove all supple and greasy. If not up to the ecstatic levels of his classic "The Hard Blues," it's still an easily enjoyable number with Wadud laying down cooking lines like few other cellists dream of. Flat-Out Jump Suite is not in the top shelf of Hemphill albums, but it's a solid set from a quartet of fine musicians.
Brian Olewnick
1.Ear
2.Mind(1st Part)
3.Mind(2nd Part)
4.Heart
5.Body
Personnel
Julius Hemphill - flute, tenor saxophone
Olu Dara - trumpet
Abdul Wadud - cello
Warren Smith - percussion
A suite in four parts aligned with aspects of sensual awareness, Julius Hemphill's Flat-Out Jump Suite runs from the light and delicate to the hard and funky. "Ear" flutters by on the leader's flute, all gossamer and weightlessness, supported by Warren Smith's soft cymbal work. Olu Dara's clear, gumbo-soaked trumpet, one of the great sounds from the '80s jazz avant-garde, heralds "Body," in conjunction with Abdul Wadud's bluesy cello. With "Mind," the pace picks up -- Hemphill switches to tenor and the piece achieves a nice, loose throb as much of the time is devoted to collective improvisation. Finally, with "Body," the natural progression reaches its logical destination, a funky groove all supple and greasy. If not up to the ecstatic levels of his classic "The Hard Blues," it's still an easily enjoyable number with Wadud laying down cooking lines like few other cellists dream of. Flat-Out Jump Suite is not in the top shelf of Hemphill albums, but it's a solid set from a quartet of fine musicians.
Brian Olewnick
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