World Saxophone Quartet - W.S.Q. (1981)

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Title: W.S.Q.
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Black Saint [120046-2]
Genre: Jazz, Avantgarde Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 40:17
Total Size: 299 MB(+3%) | 95 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Sundance (Bluiett) - 2:44
02. Plain Song (Hemphill) - 4:23
03. Connections (Hemphill) - 8:11
04. W.S.Q. (Lake) - 5:23
05. Pillars Latino (Hemphill) - 5:25
06. Suite Music: The Key/Ballad for Eddie Jefferson/Pam-Maw/Hattie Wall (Bluiett) - 5:29
07. Sound Light (Lake) - 5:39
08. Fast Life (Murray) - 3:03
World Saxophone Quartet - W.S.Q. (1981)

personnel :

Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone, alto clarinet
Julius Hemphill - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

There is plenty of variety to the third album by the unique World Saxophone Quartet. The music ranges from nearly free improvisations to the four-part "Suite Music," which was almost completely written out. Rather than being a screamfest for the four innovative saxophonists (baritonist Hamiet Bluiett, altoists Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake and tenor saxophonist David Murray, all of whom double on other reeds), this is a well constructed and sometimes surprisingly accessible (although always explorative) program.~Scott Yanow