This Week in Texas Music History

This Week in Texas Music History: Julius Hemphill

March 28, 2011 11:56 am by: Andrew Uhler

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Saxophonist Julius Hemphill died on April 2, 1995. Born in Fort Worth on January 24, 1938, Hemphill was raised in a musical family. However, he showed little interest in music until high school. By 1968, he had joined the Black Artists Group, an African-American organization that blended political activism with theater and musical performance.

Hemphill began combining music with visual arts, which led to groundbreaking musical productions and even a jazz opera. In 1976, Julius Hemphill formed the World Saxophone Quartet, which made several popular recordings and toured throughout the world.

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