{"id":98781,"date":"2025-09-18T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?p=98781"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:36:32","slug":"the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-julius-hemphill-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-julius-hemphill-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records; 2025) Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaci\u00f3n de jazz]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-99367 size-medium\" title=\"The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records; 2025) Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaci\u00f3n de jazz] Tomajazz The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill Out Of Your Head Records; 2025 Tomajazz\" src=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records; 2025) Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaci\u00f3n de jazz] - Tomajazz\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>La publicaci\u00f3n de <em>The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em> en 2025 marca un hito en la recuperaci\u00f3n del legado de <strong>Julius Hemphill<\/strong>, compositor y saxofonista cuya obra ha influido profundamente en el <strong>jazz contempor\u00e1neo<\/strong> y la <strong>m\u00fasica improvisada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Su legado como compositor y saxofonista ha sido reivindicado por agrupaciones como el\u00a0<strong>World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>, el\u00a0<strong>Julius Hemphill Saxophone Sextet<\/strong>\u00a0y, m\u00e1s recientemente, por el cuarteto de cuerdas improvisador\u00a0<strong>The Hemphill Stringtet<\/strong>, que en 2025 publica <em>The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em>. Este disco, editado por <strong>Out Of Your Head Records <\/strong>(uno de los sellos m\u00e1s interesantes de la actualidad), re\u00fane a <strong>Curtis Stewart<\/strong> y <strong>Sam Bardfeld<\/strong> en los violines, <strong>Stephanie Griffin<\/strong> en la viola y <strong>Tomeka Reid<\/strong> en el violonchelo.<\/p>\n<p>El repertorio se divide en dos bloques. El primero, <strong>Mingus Gold<\/strong>, es una suite compuesta por <strong>Hemphill<\/strong> en 1988 a partir de tres piezas de <strong>Charles Mingus<\/strong>: \u00abNostalgia in Times Square\u00bb, \u00abAlice in Wonderland\u00bb y \u00abBetter Git Hit in Your Soul\u00bb. Estas obras, encargadas por el <strong>Kronos Quartet<\/strong> pero nunca grabadas por ellos, encuentran aqu\u00ed su primera versi\u00f3n de estudio, tras una \u00fanica grabaci\u00f3n en vivo por el <strong>Daedalus Quartet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>El segundo bloque incluye cuatro composiciones escritas originalmente para el <strong>World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>, adaptadas para cuerdas por <strong>Marty Ehrlich<\/strong>. Estas piezas, como \u00abRevue\u00bb y \u00abChoo Choo\u00bb, permiten al cuarteto explorar la polifon\u00eda improvisada que caracteriz\u00f3 al <strong>WSQ<\/strong>, pero desde una sonoridad camer\u00edstica que revela nuevas texturas y din\u00e1micas.<\/p>\n<p>La interpretaci\u00f3n del cuarteto es sobresaliente. En \u00abRevue\u00bb, los acordes lentos se transforman en l\u00edneas paralelas que evocan la escritura de <strong>Duke Ellington<\/strong>, mientras que los solos individuales emergen con naturalidad desde la improvisaci\u00f3n colectiva. En \u00abAlice in Wonderland\u00bb, el solo de cello de <strong>Tomeka Reid<\/strong> destaca por su lirismo y profundidad, mientras que en \u00abBetter Git Hit in Your Soul\u00bb, los violines de <strong>Stewart<\/strong> y <strong>Bardfeld<\/strong> se entrelazan en un d\u00fao improvisado sobre una base r\u00edtmica s\u00f3lida de viola y cello.<\/p>\n<p>El disco no solo reivindica la figura de <strong>Hemphill<\/strong>, sino que propone una nueva forma de interpretar su m\u00fasica, integrando la <strong>improvisaci\u00f3n afroamericana<\/strong> en el formato de cuarteto de cuerdas. Esta aproximaci\u00f3n, cercana al esp\u00edritu de <strong>Hemphill<\/strong> y su colaborador <strong>Abdul Wadud<\/strong>, permite redescubrir obras conocidas desde una perspectiva fresca y profundamente musical.<\/p>\n<p>La grabaci\u00f3n fue realizada por <strong>Ryan Streber<\/strong> en <strong>Oktaven Audio<\/strong>, con masterizaci\u00f3n de <strong>Paul Zinman<\/strong> y dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico de <strong>TJ Huff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>El resultado es una obra coherente, vibrante y necesaria, que sit\u00faa a <strong>Hemphill<\/strong> en el lugar que merece dentro del canon de la <strong>m\u00fasica contempor\u00e1nea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u00a9\u00a0<strong>Pachi\u00a0\u201cCaz\u00f3 pitch a Hip Hop Lit Jazz: Julius Hemphill Stringtet Topical\u201d\u00a0Tapiz<\/strong>, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Hemphill Stringtet: <em>Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Curtis Stewart<\/strong> (viol\u00edn); <strong>Sam Bardfeld<\/strong> (viol\u00edn); <strong>Stephanie Griffin<\/strong> (viola); <strong>Tomeka Reid<\/strong> (violonchelo)<\/p>\n<p>1 \u00abRevue\u00bb (Julius Hemphill) 7:44 2 \u00abMingus Gold: Nostalgia in Times Square\u00bb (Charles Mingus, arr. Hemphill) 4:43 3 \u00abMingus Gold: Alice in Wonderland\u00bb (Charles Mingus, arr. Hemphill) 7:51 4 \u00abMingus Gold: Better Get Hit in Your Soul\u00bb (Charles Mingus, arr. Hemphill) 7:31 5 \u00abMy First Winter\/Touchic\u00bb (Julius Hemphill) 12:10 6 \u00abChoo Choo\u00bb (Julius Hemphill) 5:46<\/p>\n<p>Grabado en <strong>Oktaven Audio<\/strong>. T\u00e9cnico de grabaci\u00f3n <strong>Ryan Streber<\/strong>. Masterizado por <strong>Paul Zinman<\/strong> (Soundbyte Productions). Productor <strong>Adam Hopkins<\/strong>. Dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico <strong>TJ Huff<\/strong>. Fotograf\u00eda de portada <strong>Nina Contini Melis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Informaci\u00f3n sobre Julius Hemphill<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Julius Hemphill<\/strong> naci\u00f3 en 1938 y falleci\u00f3 en 1995. Fue saxofonista, compositor y fundador del <strong>World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>. Su estilo combinaba el <strong>blues<\/strong>, la <strong>m\u00fasica contempor\u00e1nea<\/strong> y la <strong>improvisaci\u00f3n libre<\/strong>. Entre sus grabaciones m\u00e1s recomendables se encuentran <em>Dogon A.D.<\/em> (1972), <em>Coon Bid\u2019ness<\/em> (1975), <em>Live from the New Music America Festival<\/em> (1980, con WSQ) y <em>Fat Man and the Hard Blues<\/em> (1991).<\/p>\n<h3>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre\u00a0The Hemphill Stringtet \u00a0y Out Of Your Head REcords<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-the-music-of-julius-hemphill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-the-music-of-julius-hemphill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=hemphill+stringtet&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=hemphill+stringtet&amp;submit=Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outofyourheadrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.outofyourheadrecords.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=ot+of+your+head&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=ot+of+your+head&amp;submit=Search<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Pachi Tapiz en Tomajazz<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?cat=17847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?cat=17847<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records; 2025). Pachi Tapiz revisa la obra que reivindica el legado de Julius Hemphill y tambi\u00e9n el de Charles Mingus. Con Curtis Stewart, Sam Bardfeld, Stephanie Griffin, Tomeka Reid <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-julius-hemphill-2025\/\">Contin\u00faa leyendo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17847,5,15517,1038],"tags":[1556,32563,5689,32491,23086,17418,32562,13951],"class_list":["entry","author-pachi","has-excerpt","post-98781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pachi-tapiz","category-grabaciones","category-textos","category-contenidos","tag-charles-mingus","tag-curtis-stewart","tag-julius-hemphill","tag-out-of-your-head-records","tag-sam-bardfeld","tag-stephanie-griffin","tag-the-hemphill-stringtet","tag-tomeka-reid"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Hemphill-Stringtet-Plays-the-Music-of-Julius-Hemphill-Out-Of-Your-Head-Records-2025-Tomajazz.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98781"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99372,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98781\/revisions\/99372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}