March 22-24, 2002, 8PM

Curated by Ned Rothenberg

Friday March 22nd: The Julius Hemphill Sextet (Marty Ehrlich, Music Director) $15
Saturday March 23rd: Dave Douglas and Trisha Brown- An Evening of Improvisation $20
Sunday March 24th: Atsushi Nishijima $10

Special Ticket Price: $35 for all three nights, or the individual rates listed above. Members: FREE Advanced tickets are available Tuesday- Saturday 12-6:00PM at Location One

March 22: The Julius Hemphill Sextet
Over the past thirty-five years Julius Hemphill has earned a reputation as one who broke down boundaries and defied labels. A prodigious composer, who wrote luscious and shimmering sonorities with the ever-present tang of the blues, Hemphill was as comfortable writing for full orchestra as he was for his Sextet or Big Band. The Last Supper at Uncle TomÕs Cabin: The Promised Land, composed for choreographer Bill T. Jones and featuring the Julius Hemphill Sextet, toured the United States and Europe with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Co. during the 1990-91 season to a chorus of raves. In 1991, Hemphill received a Bessie Award for each of his dance compositions, Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera and The Last Supper At Uncle TomÕs Cabin: The Promised Land. An improviser of immense talent and saxophonist who could coax the best out of any musical unit, Hemphill performed in almost every major jazz festival and hall in North America and Europe, including Berlin, Montreal, Kool, Rome, Paris, Den Haag (North Sea), and Warsaw. Julius Hemphill died on 2 April 1995.