Home » Jazz Articles » David Murray
Jazz Articles about David Murray
David Murray: Creole
by Douglas Payne
The protean and prolific David Murray is a force of nature. Surely, no tenor sax or bass clarinetist in the last two decades has crafted as distinctive and commanding a tone as his. Nor have many explored - much less mastered -- the many musical milieus he's investigated: free, bop, ballads, soul jazz , ska, world beat, even Theresa Brewer and the Grateful Dead.Wherever he's heard, Murray is a fount of resourceful, intriguing musical ideas (though ...
Continue ReadingDavid Murray: Long Goodbye
by Jim Santella
Tenor saxophonist David Murray, founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet and 1991 winner of the Danish Jazzpar prize, leads this tribute to the late pianist Don Pullen. Recorded in the year following Pullen's death from lymphoma and only recently released, Long Goodbye features four of the pianist's compositions, two from D.D. Jackson, and one from Butch Morris. Joining Murray are pianist Jackson, bassist Santi Dibriano, and drummer J.T. Lewis; both bassist and drummer were members of Pullen's African Brazilian ...
Continue Reading
