{"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":"

\"TheLa publicaci\u00f3n de The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em> en 2025 marca un hito en la recuperaci\u00f3n del legado de Julius Hemphill<\/strong>, compositor y saxofonista cuya obra ha influido profundamente en el jazz contempor\u00e1neo<\/strong> y la m\u00fasica improvisada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Su legado como compositor y saxofonista ha sido reivindicado por agrupaciones como el\u00a0World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>, el\u00a0Julius Hemphill Saxophone Sextet<\/strong>\u00a0y, m\u00e1s recientemente, por el cuarteto de cuerdas improvisador\u00a0The Hemphill Stringtet<\/strong>, que en 2025 publica The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em>. Este disco, editado por Out Of Your Head Records <\/strong>(uno de los sellos m\u00e1s interesantes de la actualidad), re\u00fane a Curtis Stewart<\/strong> y Sam Bardfeld<\/strong> en los violines, Stephanie Griffin<\/strong> en la viola y Tomeka Reid<\/strong> en el violonchelo.<\/p>\n

El repertorio se divide en dos bloques. El primero, Mingus Gold<\/strong>, es una suite compuesta por Hemphill<\/strong> en 1988 a partir de tres piezas de 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 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 Daedalus Quartet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

El segundo bloque incluye cuatro composiciones escritas originalmente para el World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>, adaptadas para cuerdas por Marty Ehrlich<\/strong>. Estas piezas, como \u00abRevue\u00bb y \u00abChoo Choo\u00bb, permiten al cuarteto explorar la polifon\u00eda improvisada que caracteriz\u00f3 al WSQ<\/strong>, pero desde una sonoridad camer\u00edstica que revela nuevas texturas y din\u00e1micas.<\/p>\n

La interpretaci\u00f3n del cuarteto es sobresaliente. En \u00abRevue\u00bb, los acordes lentos se transforman en l\u00edneas paralelas que evocan la escritura de 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 Tomeka Reid<\/strong> destaca por su lirismo y profundidad, mientras que en \u00abBetter Git Hit in Your Soul\u00bb, los violines de Stewart<\/strong> y Bardfeld<\/strong> se entrelazan en un d\u00fao improvisado sobre una base r\u00edtmica s\u00f3lida de viola y cello.<\/p>\n

El disco no solo reivindica la figura de Hemphill<\/strong>, sino que propone una nueva forma de interpretar su m\u00fasica, integrando la improvisaci\u00f3n afroamericana<\/strong> en el formato de cuarteto de cuerdas. Esta aproximaci\u00f3n, cercana al esp\u00edritu de Hemphill<\/strong> y su colaborador Abdul Wadud<\/strong>, permite redescubrir obras conocidas desde una perspectiva fresca y profundamente musical.<\/p>\n

La grabaci\u00f3n fue realizada por Ryan Streber<\/strong> en Oktaven Audio<\/strong>, con masterizaci\u00f3n de Paul Zinman<\/strong> y dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico de TJ Huff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

El resultado es una obra coherente, vibrante y necesaria, que sit\u00faa a Hemphill<\/strong> en el lugar que merece dentro del canon de la m\u00fasica contempor\u00e1nea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a0Pachi\u00a0\u201cCaz\u00f3 pitch a Hip Hop Lit Jazz: Julius Hemphill Stringtet Topical\u201d\u00a0Tapiz<\/strong>, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill<\/em><\/h3>\n

Curtis Stewart<\/strong> (viol\u00edn); Sam Bardfeld<\/strong> (viol\u00edn); Stephanie Griffin<\/strong> (viola); Tomeka Reid<\/strong> (violonchelo)<\/p>\n

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

Grabado en Oktaven Audio<\/strong>. T\u00e9cnico de grabaci\u00f3n Ryan Streber<\/strong>. Masterizado por Paul Zinman<\/strong> (Soundbyte Productions). Productor Adam Hopkins<\/strong>. Dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico TJ Huff<\/strong>. Fotograf\u00eda de portada Nina Contini Melis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Informaci\u00f3n sobre Julius Hemphill<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Julius Hemphill<\/strong> naci\u00f3 en 1938 y falleci\u00f3 en 1995. Fue saxofonista, compositor y fundador del World Saxophone Quartet<\/strong>. Su estilo combinaba el blues<\/strong>, la m\u00fasica contempor\u00e1nea<\/strong> y la improvisaci\u00f3n libre<\/strong>. Entre sus grabaciones m\u00e1s recomendables se encuentran Dogon A.D.<\/em> (1972), Coon Bid\u2019ness<\/em> (1975), Live from the New Music America Festival<\/em> (1980, con WSQ) y Fat Man and the Hard Blues<\/em> (1991).<\/p>\n

M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre\u00a0The Hemphill Stringtet \u00a0y Out Of Your Head REcords<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-hemphill-stringtet-plays-the-music-of-julius-hemphill<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=hemphill+stringtet&submit=Search<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.outofyourheadrecords.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=ot+of+your+head&submit=Search<\/a><\/p>\n

Pachi Tapiz en Tomajazz<\/h3>\n

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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. 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