Saxophone Sextet
SKU:
SU.90920032
Composed
by Julius Hemphill. Score
& Parts. Subito Music
Corporation #90920032.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.90920032).
Book 2
contains contains scores
and parts to 10 more
compositions by jazz
master and leader of the
World Saxophone Quartet,
Julius Hemphill. Newly
engraved edition. Edited
by Marty Ehrlich.Julius
Hemphill formed his
Saxophone Sextet in 1989,
composing new music for
concert performances and
his celebrated dance and
theatre collaborations.
The wide history of
African-American music is
heard in these pieces,
all shaped by Hemphill's
rich imagination and
compositional acumen. The
instrumentation is three
altos with soprano
doubles, two tenors, and
baritone sax. The two
volumes presented here
mirror each other in the
range of musical worlds
Hemphill evoked as he
explores the rich harmony
and counterpoint possible
with the six- saxophone
choir. Also available:
Book 1 (Cat. #90920031)
CONTENTS 1. Fat Man 2.
Tribute/Closer (from Long
Tongues: A Saxophone
Opera) 3. Floppy/Blued-UP
4. The Answer 5. Georgia
Blue 6. Holy Rockers 7.
Mr. Critical 8. The Glide
9. Revue 10. The Hard
Blues Saxophone Sextet
Composed: 1992 Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing.