A tribute to Julius Eastman (1940-1990)

[DavAvantgarde]

R.I.P.!!! He was Such A Genius!!! Give Him the Honour he Earned but don't get as he was Alive!!!

[rezmogm]

Nice Tribute for a life too shortlived

[rezmogm]

Nice Tribute

[rezmogm]

Nice tribute!



[nestletreb]

thank you for posting this. I think I've seen a video of "Gay Guerilla" floating around as well...

RIP Julius

[cageehv]

Julius is brilliant...

[jacobkay]

this is epic.

[colie201]

lol my last name is eastman but im not black

[tokyohalogen]

@colie201  and?

[ttoe]

he deserved much more of the world than what we gave him, r.i.p.

[FFChopin1]

May I ask, what is the title of this piece?

[minirausch]

this is "stay on it".

r.i.p. julius. everyone interested in this seek out the "unjust malaise" boxset and buy it immediately, it is a revelation.

[Berliozboy]

god, this stuff is so beautiful. its insane, i need to hear more of this.

[blessed7]

I met Julius Eastman in the 1970s and saw him perform a few times. He was a brilliant composer and musician. He worked with people like Petr Kotik and Susan Stenger.

[syrinx9]

Excellent!This reminds me of something Sufjan Stevens would compose.

[Brownie1958]

These pieces are actually quite pedestrian compared to some of Eastman's other work. When I was studying music @ SUNY Buffalo in the late 70's, several trumpet players were recruited to play a piece using different lengths of garden hose. There we stood on stage, blowing thru our mouthpieces into garden hose...Julius' arms flailing as he conducted us. I played on a few other of Julius' pieces, some of which appeared on a posthumous CD release. Strange cat, amazing vocalist that few knew about.

[jaynogg]

This is bloody awful! Thank god this hasn't been commercially disposed amongst the general public!

[mrcatalan2]

Ahem.... JUSTLY neglected.

[Lydemyjeric]

Thems fightin' words.

[Zubdub]

I think he also was a singer - he sang in the "Eight Songs for a Mad King" by Peter Maxwell-Davies. I've never heard his music though until now. I will have to go look for more! Thanks for posting it.