DC saxophonist Andrew White recently passed. He played with Julius Hemphill live and on a few albums
http://www.camjazz.com/labels/black-saint/andrew-white/8024709052926-fat-man-and-the-hard-blues-cd.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
Fat Man and the Hard Blues is a great album. I was listening to it just last week.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
There's an amazing Hemphill box set out this week from New World Records: The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony. Seven CDs of previously unreleased material in all kinds of configurations: trios, quartets, quintets, an entire disc of Hemphill duos with cellist Abdul Wadud...it's on a level with the Holy Ghost Albert Ayler box from ages ago in terms of "holy shit!" factor. Mine just arrived in today's mail; I'm gonna be swimming around in it for a while. Get yours here (physical or digital), if you're interested.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link