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Roi Boyé & the Gotham Minstrels is a solo album by Julius Hemphill. Billed as an "audiodrama," it was recorded at Matthew Studios in Larchmont, New York, during November 1976, and at Thunder Sound in Toronto during March 1977, and was released on vinyl by Sackville Records in 1977 as a two-LP set.
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Julius Arthur Hemphill (January 24, 1938 – April 2, 1995) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone, less often on soprano and tenor saxophones and flute. [2]
Roi Boye and the Gotham Minstrels by Julius Hemphill released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Hemphill’s two solo LPs of the 70s are unique in using tape and multi-tracking of alto and soprano saxophones, flute and voice (and field recordings) to create complex, longform sonic environments – his 1977 Roi Boyé And The Gotham Minstrels is subtitled An Audio-Drama.
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Listen free to Julius Hemphill – Roi Boyé & The Gotham Minstrels (Part I, Part II and more). 7 tracks (91:02). Psycho-theater drama in the form of the free African-American creative-jazz movement at its height.
