Gerry Hemingway (born March 23, 1955) is an American drummer and composer. Hemingway was a member of the

Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of ...

quartet from 1983 to 1994. He has also performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis,

Earl Howard Earl Howard (born 1951) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, saxophonist, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist. Howard is one of the pioneers of what is called “new” music. He has been in the industry for over thirty y ...

, Leo Smith,

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, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias,

Reggie Workman Reginald "Reggie" Workman (born June 26, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his work with both John Coltrane and Art Blakey. Career Early in his career, Workman work ...

Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ...

, Oliver Lake,

Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don Byron,

Cecil Taylor Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex ...

, and

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. Hemingway received a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

for his work in music composition in 2000, and was a student of

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. He is a graduate of Foote School in New Haven. He has recorded on over one hundred albums for the labels

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Enja Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and ...

, hatArt,

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, Random Acoustics, and

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

. He owns his own label, Auricle.

Discography

As leader

* 1979 ''Kwambe'' Auricle * 1982 ''Solo Works'' (solo) Auricle * 1983–94 ''Electro-Acoustic Solo Works'' (solo) Random Acoustics 1996 * 1984–95 ''Electro-Acoustic Solo Works'' (solo) Random Acoustics 1996 * 1987 ''Outer Bridge Crossing'' (quintet) Sound Aspects * 1988 ''Tub Works'' (solo) Sound Aspects * 1991 ''Down to the Wire'' (quartet) hatArt * 1991 ''View from Points West'' (trio w G Graewe, E Reijseger)

Music & Arts Music & Arts is a classical and jazz record label founded in Berkeley, California by Frederick Maroth. It began in 1984 as a classical music label before adding jazz and world music. The catalog includes classical composers and musicians Milto ...

* 1991 ''Special Detail'' (quintet) hatArt * 1991-94 ''Slamadam'' (quintet) Random Acoustics 1995 * 1993 ''Demon Chaser''(quintet) hatArt, * 1994 ''Saturn Cycle'' (trio w G Graewe, E Reijseger) Music & Arts * 1995 ''The Marmalade King'' (quintet) hatArt * 1996'' Perfect World'' (quintet) Random Acoustics * 1998 ''Johnny's Corner Song'' (quartet) Auricle * 1999 ''Waltzes, Two–Steps & other Matters of the Heart'' (quintet) GM * 1999 ''Chamber Works''

* 2002 ''Songs'' Between the Lines * 2002 ''Double Blues Crossing'' (quintet) Between the Lines * 2003 ''Devil's Paradise'' (quartet)

*2005 ''The Whimbler'' (quartet) Clean Feed *2011 ''Riptide'' (quintet) Clean Feed

As co-leader

With Bass-Drum-Bone (Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Ray Anderson) * 1978 ''Oahspe'' (Auricle) * 1980 ''Right Down Your Alley'' (Black Saint) (under Ray Anderson name) * 1986 ''You Be'' (Minor Music) * 1986-96 ''Cooked To Perfection'' (Auricle, 1999) * 1989 ''Wooferlo'' (Soul Note) * 1997 ''March Of Dimes'' (Data) * 1997 ''Hence The Reason'' (Enja) * 2005 ''The Line Up'' ( Clean Feed Records) * 2009 ''The Other Parade'' ( Clean Feed Records, 2011) * 2016 ''The Long Road'' (Auricle) With WHO trio (Michel Wintsch, Gerry Hemingway, Bänz Oester) *1999 ''Identity'' (Leo Recs) *2004 ''The Current Underneath'' (Leo Recs) *2009 ''Less Is More'' ( Clean Feed Records) *2014 ''The'' ''WHO Zoo'' (Auricle) (2xCD) *2020 ''Strell'' ( Clean Feed Records)

As sideman

With

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Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 ''Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983'' is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.

'' ( Black Saint, 1983) * ''

Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 ''Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984'' is an album by the American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in New York in 1984 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance) ''Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance)'' is a live album by composer/saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded at the Prague International Jazz Festival in 1984 and released on the Sound Aspects label.

'' (Sound Aspects, 1984

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Quartet (London) 1985 ''Quartet (London) 1985'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England by BBC Radio 3 in 1985 and first released on the Leo label as a limited edition 3LP Box Set in 1988 before being released as a double CD in 1 ...

'' (

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, 1985

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* ''

Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 ''Quartet (Birmingham) 1985'' is a live album by the composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England in 1985 and released on the Leo label as a double CD in 1991.- - Reception The ''Allmusic'' review by Stewart Mason stated, "''(Bi ...

'' (Leo, 1985 991 * ''

Quartet (Coventry) 1985 ''Quartet (Coventry) 1985'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England in 1985, first released in heavily edited and unauthorized form on the West Wind label and later reissued in full and authorized form on the ...

'' (Leo, 1985) * '' Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986'' (Black Saint, 1986) * ''

Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 ''Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988'' is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1988 and released on the Victo label.

'' (Victo, 1989 992 * '' Willisau (Quartet) 1991'' (hatArt, 1992) * ''

(Victoriaville) 1992 ''(Victoriaville) 1992'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Canada in 1992 and released on the Victo label.Twelve Compositions'' (

, 1993) * '' Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993'' (hatART, 1997) * ''Old Dogs'' ( Mode, 2007) With Samuel Blaser * ''A Mirror to Machaut'' (Blaser Music, 2013) * ''Fourth Landscape'' (Nuscope, 2013) * ''Oostum'' (No Business Records, 2018) * ''Early in the Mornin'' (OutNote Records, 2018) * ''Moods'' (Blaser Music, 2021) With

* '' The Kitchen Concert'' (Leo, 1991) * ''

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'' (Les Disques Victo, 1991) * '' Santuerio'' (Leo, 1993) * ''

Highlights from the Summer of 1992 American Tour ''Highlights from the Summer of 1992 American Tour'' is a live album by pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at four locations in the United States on dates ranging from November 1991 to April 1992, and was released in 1993 by Music & Arts. On ...

'' (Music & Arts, 1993) * '' Cascades'' (Music & Arts, 1996) * ''

MGM Trio ''MGM Trio'' is an album by pianist Marilyn Crispell, drummer Gerry Hemingway, and reed player Michael Moore. Four tracks were recorded live at De Singel in Antwerp, Belgium on November 28, 1994, while the remaining tracks were recorded at Nevessa ...

'' (Ramboy, 1996) with

* ''

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'' (Intakt, 2011) * '' Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton'' (Tzadik, 2012) * '' Table of Changes'' (Intakt, 2015) With

Maybe Monday Maybe Monday is an American experimental electroacoustic improvisation music ensemble comprising guitarist Fred Frith, koto player Miya Masaoka and saxophonist Larry Ochs. The trio was formed in San Francisco in March 1997 when they perform ...

* '' Unsquare'' (

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, 2008) With

* ''

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'' (Music & Arts, 1990) * '' Altered Spaces'' (Leo, 1993) * '' Cerebral Caverns'' ( Postcards Records, 1995)

References

External links

Gerry Hemingway official site
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