Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway | |
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![]() Gerry Hemingway, Moers Festival 2007 | |
Background information | |
Born | 1955 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Genres | Avant-garde jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record label owner |
Instrument | Drums |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Auricle |
Website | gerryhemingway |
Gerry Hemingway (born 1955) is an American jazz drummer and composer.[1]
Hemingway was a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet from 1983 to 1994.[2] He has also performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don Byron, Cecil Taylor, and Cuong Vu.
Hemingway received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in music composition in 2000,[3] and was a student of Alan Dawson. He is a graduate of Foote School in New Haven. He has recorded on over one hundred albums for the labels Clean Feed, Enja, hatArt, Palmetto, Random Acoustics, and Tzadik. He owns his own label, Auricle.
Discography
As leader
Gerry Hemingway
- Kwambe (Auricle, 1979)
- Solo Works (Auricle, 1982)
- Tub Works (Sound Aspects, 1988)
- Electro-Acoustic Solo Works (1984–95) (Random Acoustics, 1996)
- Acoustic Solo Works (1983–94) (Random Acoustics, 1996)
- Chamber Works (Tzadik, 1999)
- Songs (Between the Lines, 2002)
Gerry Hemingway Quintet
- Outer Bridge Crossing (Sound Aspects, 1987)
- Special Detail (hatArt, 1991)
- Demon Chaser (hatArt, 1993)
- Slamadam (Random Acoustics, 1995)
- The Marmalade King (hatArt, 1995)
- 'Perfect World (Random Acoustics, 1996)
- Waltzes, Two–Steps & other Matters of the Heart (GM, 1999)
- Double Blues Crossing (Between the Lines, 2002)
- Riptide (Clean Feed, 2011)
Gerry Hemingway Quartet
- Down to the Wire (hatArt, 1997)
- Johnny's Corner Song (Auricle, 1998)
- Devil's Paradise (Clean Feed, 1993)
- The Whimbler (Clean Feed, 2005)
With Georg Gräewe, Ernst Reijseger
- View from Points West (Music & Arts, 1991)
- Saturn Cycle (Music & Arts, 1994)
As sideman
With Anthony Braxton
- Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 (Black Saint, 1983)
- Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 (Black Saint, 1984)
- Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance) (Sound Aspects, 1984 [1990])
- Quartet (London) 1985 (Leo, 1985 [1988])
- Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 (Leo, 1985 [1991])
- Quartet (Coventry) 1985 (Leo, 1985)
- Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black Saint, 1986)
- Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 (Victo, 1989 [1992])
- Willisau (Quartet) 1991 (hatArt, 1992)
- (Victoriaville) 1992 (Victo, 1993)
- Twelve Compositions (Music & Arts, 1993)
- Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 (hatART, 1997)
- Old Dogs (Mode, 2007)
With Marilyn Crispell
- The Kitchen Concert (Leo, 1991)
- Cascades (Music & Arts, 1996)
References
- ^ Lynch, Dave. "Gerry Hemingway: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Harms, Ted. "An Interview With Gerry Hemingway". Critical Studies in Improvisation. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Search Results". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2011.