Comments on: You cannot be Sirius

By: jon

jon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:56:09 +0000

wow , i recently picked up an original mbari lp of dogon a.d. at a local flea market , price was $ 1.00 . best dollar i ever spent ! , first track is killer , second wild , third mellow and very interesting , wicked stuff , definately a keeper .

By: The Ego

The Ego — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:04:44 +0000

heeey i see iam to late for one of my all time favourite albums.
is there any chance you upload this again?
thanks in forward!!!

By: peter breslin

peter breslin — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:20:47 +0000

Ahhhhhh! Yes…thanks so much for putting this up. I was just lamenting that my Arista vinyl of this piece is completely fucked. This one time, at band camp…my sister took me to a New Year’s Eve party in New Rochelle NY at her “piano player friend’s house.” Ursula Oppens, with Mr. Hemphill camped in front of the TV watching football. We had a great conversation about a lot of stuff, but what I remember most was losing 10 bucks to him on the Auburn game.

By: Bobeccles

Bobeccles — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:38:30 +0000

This turns up in another version (DOGON II) on JAHs Georgia Blues album which features the Cline brothers….live cuts from Willisau….worth comparing the two to see how JAH was moving the music along

By: Ethan Iverson

Ethan Iverson — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:42:59 +0000

Phillip Wilson blew my mind the first time I heard this: first a tattoo, then the deep beat. He’s an important link.

Hemphill will have his day yet.

By: godoggo

godoggo — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:55:35 +0000

Incidentally, many years ago I went to a workshop with Hempill and Henry Threadgill at John Carter’s Wind College, followed by a concert in the evening. Threadgill really had the main part of the workshop, as I recall, though – to be honest, all I remember about Hemphill was that he was real tall and wore an earring. Played a ton of alto at the concert, though.

By: godoggo

godoggo — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:42:06 +0000

I don’t have this but I listened to a copy many years ago, I think. Doesn’t Arthur Blythe play on some of it?

By: ledrew

ledrew — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:21:50 +0000

Thanks to all for the comments. Glad to see you here.

djll: I freakin’ LOVE “The Hard Blues,” and we discussed posting it, but decided to put it off for now, citing its length and presumed better availability (on Coon Bid’ness, aka Reflections). Something about the overall sound, somewhat raw, “under-produced,” really gets me.

mwanji: Lineage an open question, as always, I suppose. Someone is always able to find an earlier precedent (like, free jazz began with “West End Blues” or some such).

By: mwanji

mwanji — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:26:09 +0000

I got this when Screwgun put it as a free download on its site. It’s great! Are you sure of the free-funk lineage? I’ve heard “Nation Time” and “Les Stances A Sophie” and always wondered who had that idea “first.”

By: Richard Kamins

Richard Kamins — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:57:16 +0000

It’s such a pleasure to see and hear a Julius Hemphill track on this site. One never hears any Hemphill on the radio (too thorny, I suppose) and few musicians (that I know of) cover his material. Great music that sounds “of a time” and “out of time” (I trust that’s possible), creative, funky, confrontational but not excessive. Thanks for the taste!

By: djll

djll — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:57:00 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this (and everything!!!) The other long-ish cut from this session (released separately), “The Hard Blues,” is worth a listen, too. Phillip Wilson shows his deep blues roots in a slow shuffle-march that rattles yer bones.