Hemispheres

by Anthony Davis

Hemispheres cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 November 1983
  • Label: Gramavision
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:41
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned as a dance score, 'Hemispheres' is an ambitious integration of avant-garde jazz improvisation and rigorous contemporary classical composition. The pianist's large ensemble navigates highly complex, uncommon time signatures with precision and dynamic interplay.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, atonal, technical, avant-garde, instrumental, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Mvt I: Esu At The Crossroads
  2. Mvt II: Little Richard's New Wave
  3. Mvt III: Ifa: The Oracle, Esu The Trickster
  4. Mvt IV: A Walk Through The Shadows
  5. Mvt V: Clonetics

Credits

  • Anthony Davis - primary artist, piano
  • Rick Rozie - bass
  • Eugene Friesen - cello
  • J.D. Parran - clarinet
  • Pheeroan akLaff - drums
  • Dwight Andrews - flute
  • George Lewis - trombone
  • Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet

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