Five Chord Stud

Five Chord Stud
Studio album by Julius Hemphill
Released	1993
Recorded	November 18 & 19, 1993
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:57
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill chronology
Oakland Duets (1993) Five Chord Stud (1993) Chile New York (1998)

Five Chord Stud is an album by jazz saxophonist/composer Julius Hemphill recorded in 1993 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow wrote: "The generally fascinating music rewards repeated listenings but one has to have an open mind before putting it on".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that, although Hemphill was not able to perform on the album due to health concerns, "this is unmistakably Hemphill's group and Hemphill's music."[3]

Jim Macnie of Billboard stated that Hemphill's arrangements "were always intricate, belying the natural earthiness that they often conjure. Sometimes stereotyped as a radical, Hemphill's tunes nonetheless could contain outright beauty."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Hemphill

1. "Band Theme" - 5:38
2. "Mr. Critical" - 3:44
3. "Shorty" - 6:49
4. "Mirrors" - 5:49
5. "Five Chord Stud" - 13:46
6. "The Moat and the Bridge" - 7:20
7. "Georgia Blue" - 5:48
8. "Flush" - 7:51
9. "Spiritual Chairs" - 7:12

• • Recorded at Sear Sound in New York City on November 18 & 19, 1993

Personnel

• Julius Hemphill - conductor, composer
• Tim Berne - alto saxophone
• Marty Ehrlich - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
• Sam Furnace - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
• James Carter - tenor saxophone
• Andrew White - tenor saxophone
• Fred Ho - baritone saxophone

References

1. Black Saint Records discography accessed May 10, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 683. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 302.
5. Macnie, Jim (April 15, 1995). "Pioneering Jazz Musician Julius Hemphill Dies". Billboard. p. 63 – via Google Books.