Connections

World Saxophone Quartet · 1980 · Pièce de Hemphill, la plus longue du début de l'album

Context

Connections is a composition by Julius Hemphill, about eight minutes long, on W.S.Q. (Black Saint, 1980). The program ranges from near-free improvisation to a written four-part suite, according to the review cited by Wikipedia.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz). Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Plainsong (1980)
• Pillars Latino (1980)

Sources

• EN: W.S.Q. (album)

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