World Saxophone Quartet - Steppin’ With The World Saxophone Quartet 1979

World Saxophone Quartet - Steppin’ With The World Saxophone Quartet 1979
Label: Black Saint

Jazz

Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet is an album released in 1979. It was the second album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and the first to be released on the Italian Black Saint label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray.
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The World Saxophone Quartet is an avant-garde jazz group founded in 1977, implementing elements of free funk and African jazz into their musical routines.
The original members were Julius Hemphill (alto and soprano saxophone, flute), Oliver Lake (alto and soprano saxophone), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, alto clarinet), and David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet). The first three had worked together as members of the Black Artists' Group in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1989, Hemphill left the group due to illness, and several saxophonists have filled his chair in the years since. The first of these was Arthur Blythe, followed by Eric Person, James Spaulding, John Purcell, Bruce Williams, Jaleel Shaw, Jorge Sylvester, Steve Potts and Tony Kofi.
In the late 1980's the quartet used Bluiett's tune "Hattie Wall" (recorded on W.S.Q., Live in Zurich, Dances and Ballads and Steppenwolf) as a signature theme for the group.
The group principally recorded and performed as a saxophone quartet, usually with a lineup of two altos, tenor, and baritone (reflecting the composition of a classical string quartet),
but were also joined occasionally by drummers, bassists, and other musicians.
From Wikipedia.
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Julius Hemphill; Alto Saxophone,
David Murray; Tenor Saxophone,
Oliver Lake; Alto Saxophone,
Hamiet Bluiett; Baritone Saxophone.
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01. Steppin' (Hemphill)  9:06
02. Ra-Ta-Ta (Lake)  5:26
03. Dream Scheme (Hemphill)  7:18
04. P.O. in Cairo (Murray)  10:47
05. Hearts (Hemphill)  3:01
06. R&B (Hemphill)  8:39
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